The first name Fannie
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A diminutive of Frances, also used as a formal female given name.
Fannie is a short form of
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Popularity in the United States
Babies named Fannie at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 46 girls born in the United States were named Fannie, the 3,356th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 2,014 were.
85,949
babies named Fannie since 1880
#3,356
rank in 2025
1918
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
Famous people named Fannie
10 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Fannie Lou HamerAmerican civil rights activist (1917–1977)
- Fannie FlaggAmerican actress, comedian and author, born 1944
- Fannie WardAmerican actress (1872–1952)
- Fannie FarmerAmerican chef (1857–1915)
- Fannie HurstAmerican novelist (1889–1968)
- Fannie Bloomfield ZeislerAmerican musician (1863–1927)
- Fannie Barrier WilliamsAmerican activist (1855-1944)
- Fannie Charles DillonAmerican composer, 1881–1947
- Fannie Pearson Hardy EckstormAmerican folklorist, 1865–1946
- Blaze StarrAmerican burlesque entertainer, stripper, and adult model (1932–2015)
Questions
- Is Fannie a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 85,949 US babies named Fannie since 1880 were girls.
- When was Fannie most popular?
- 1918 in the United States, when 2,014 babies were named Fannie, its highest rank at 120th.
- What are other spellings of Fannie?
- Fanny.