Frannie
Frannie is a given name. It is generally a feminine name used as a nickname for Frances. The masculine form is Franny. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Frannie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Frannie is a given name. It is generally a feminine name used as a nickname for Frances. The masculine form is Franny. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Frannie
The earliest SSA record of Frannie as a baby girl name dates back to 1937, when 5 babies received it. 1962 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Frannie — #3,594 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Frannie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Frannie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 230 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Frannie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Frannie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Frannie
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About the name Frannie
Frannie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1937 and has accumulated 230 births in the dataset. Frannie's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #3,594. Use the chart and map above to compare Frannie'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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