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    The first name Nannie

    A girl’s name.

    2 syllables Female

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Nannie at birth, 1880–2025

    In 1991, 6 girls born in the United States were named Nannie, the 12,585th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1920, when 655 were.

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    25,580
    babies named Nannie since 1880
    #12,585
    rank in 1991
    1920
    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.

    Famous people named Nannie

    2 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nannie Doss
      American serial killer (1905–1965)
    • Nannie Helen Burroughs
      American activist (1879–1961)

    Questions

    Is Nannie a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 25,580 US babies named Nannie since 1880 were girls.
    When was Nannie most popular?
    1920 in the United States, when 655 babies were named Nannie, its highest rank at 258th.