Fannie
Fannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Fannie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Fannie
American parents first put Fannie on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 560 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 2,014 Fannies were born — ranking #119 that year. As of 2026, Fannie ranks #3,814 for baby girls with 39 births, falling sharply (-19%). All told, over 86K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Fannie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Fannie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Fannie
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About the name Fannie
Fannie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 86K births in the dataset. Fannie's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #47. Use the chart and map above to compare Fannie'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.