# Fannie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fannie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Fanny |
| US babies named this | 85,949 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 369 / 85,580 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 3,369 |
| 2012 | 40 | 3,871 |
| 2013 | 48 | 3,333 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,509 |
| 2015 | 53 | 3,149 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,252 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,213 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,793 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,938 |
| 2020 | 68 | 2,534 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,860 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,707 |
| 2023 | 53 | 3,115 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,599 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,356 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 12 | 2,347 |
| 1931 | 9 | 2,724 |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,514 |
| 1933 | 9 | 2,602 |
| 1934 | 8 | 2,815 |
| 1935 | 8 | 2,783 |
| 1936 | 10 | 2,343 |
| 1937 | 8 | 2,747 |
| 1938 | 7 | 2,970 |
| 1939 | 7 | 2,935 |
| 1940 | 9 | 2,542 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,264 |
| 1942 | 10 | 2,428 |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,231 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,687 |

## People named Fannie

- Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (1917–1977)
- Fannie Flagg, American actress, comedian and author
- Fannie Ward, American actress (1872–1952)
- Fannie Farmer, American chef (1857–1915)
- Fannie Hurst, American novelist (1889–1968)
- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, American musician (1863–1927)
- Fannie Barrier Williams, American activist (1855-1944)
- Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer
- Fannie Pearson Hardy Eckstorm, American folklorist
- Blaze Starr, American burlesque entertainer, stripper, and adult model (1932–2015)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.