Fania
Fania is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Fania Bergstein (1908–1950), Hebrew poet Fania Borach (1891–1951), American entertainer, known as Fanny Brice Fania Fénelon (1908–1983), French singer Fania Marinoff (1890–1971), Russian-American actress Fania Mindell (1894–1969), American activist Fania Noël, Franco-Haitian author and activist Fania Oz-Salzberger, Israeli…
Meaning & Origin of Fania
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fania is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Fania Bergstein (1908–1950), Hebrew poet Fania Borach (1891–1951), American entertainer, known as Fanny Brice Fania Fénelon (1908–1983), French singer Fania Marinoff (1890–1971), Russian-American actress Fania Mindell (1894–1969), American activist Fania Noël, Franco-Haitian author and activist Fania Oz-Salzberger, Israeli…
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The Story of Fania
Fania first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 6 births, good for #7,291 nationwide. About 43% of every Fania on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Fania last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Fania
Fania is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 37 births in the dataset. Fania's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #7,291. Use the chart and map above to compare Fania's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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