Nannie
Nannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Nannie Helen Burroughs, (1879–1961), African-American educator, orator, religious leader and businesswoman Nannie Webb Curtis (1861–1920), American lecturer, temperance activist, clubwoman Nannie de Villiers, South African former tennis player Nannie Doss (1905–1965), American serial killer Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue (1843–1940),…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Nannie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Nannie Helen Burroughs, (1879–1961), African-American educator, orator, religious leader and businesswoman Nannie Webb Curtis (1861–1920), American lecturer, temperance activist, clubwoman Nannie de Villiers, South African former tennis player Nannie Doss (1905–1965), American serial killer Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue (1843–1940),…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Nannie
Nannie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 248 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 655 births, good for #258 nationwide. About 21% of every Nannie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Nannie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nannie
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About the name Nannie
Nannie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Nannie's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #258. Use the chart and map above to compare Nannie'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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