Girls' name · peaked in 1883
Fannie name popularity since 1925
32,127 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Fannie. Half of them were born in 1938 or earlier, so the typical Fannie is about 88 years old in 2026. Fannie peaked in 1883 as the #47 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 32,127
- Named Fannie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1883
- #47 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,356 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 31,954 girls · 173 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 8.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Fannie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Fannie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Fannie peaked earlier, in 1883.
- Steepest fall: Between 1953 and 1958, Fannie's share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 4,330 to 1 in 8,140.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Fannie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Fannie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Fannie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 7,234 | 49 | – |
| 1930s | 9,552 | 88 | #198 |
| 1940s | 6,471 | 36 | #288 |
| 1950s | 3,670 | 0 | #490 |
| 1960s | 1,551 | 0 | #858 |
| 1970s | 869 | 0 | #1,281 |
| 1980s | 635 | 0 | #1,981 |
| 1990s | 584 | 0 | #2,134 |
| 2000s | 559 | 0 | #2,843 |
| 2010s | 496 | 0 | #3,149 |
| 2020–25 | 333 | 0 | #3,356 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.1% of babies named Fannie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Fannie is most popular
The index compares Fannie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Fannie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 8.55× | 3,063 |
| Alabama | 6.32× | 3,310 |
| South Carolina | 4.30× | 1,782 |
| Georgia | 3.71× | 3,032 |
| Arkansas | 3.22× | 978 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Fannie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Fannie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Fannie (1883).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data