Fun Facts About the Name Fannie
- An established favorite: Fannie held a place in the U.S. top 100 for 35 consecutive years, from 1880 through 1914.
- More than 85 thousand babies named Fannie: U.S. records list 85,926 babies given the name Fannie from 1880 through 2025. Even 369 boys received the name Fannie - about 1 boy for every 232 girls.
What Does the Name Fannie Mean?
Fannie is an English feminine name, a variant spelling of Fanny, which is a pet form of Frances. Frances is the feminine of Francis, from Latin Franciscus, 'of the Franks' or 'French.' The word comes from the tribal name of the Franks, a Germanic people, so the name's oldest sense is ethnic: 'a Frenchwoman' or 'a Frankish woman.' A second, traditional gloss, 'free one,' comes from the Old French franc, 'free,' a word related to the Franks' name but not the name's earliest literal meaning. Fannie is used both as a nickname and as an independent given name.
Fannie Name History & Origins
The male name Francis spread in medieval Europe largely through devotion to St. Francis of Assisi, whose nickname Francesco meant 'Frenchman' or 'Frank.' The feminine Frances followed, and the short form Fanny was in use in England by the 18th century. Frances Burney (1752 - 1840), the novelist, was widely known as Fanny, and Jane Austen's Mansfield Park (1814) named its heroine Fanny Price. The spelling Fannie is chiefly American. In the 19th and early 20th centuries it appeared in the names of Fannie Farmer, the cookbook author and cooking-school principal, and Fannie Lou Hamer, the voting-rights activist. In British English, the word fanny later acquired a vulgar slang sense, which affected the name's use there, while the Fannie spelling remained more established in the United States.
How Popular is the Name Fannie?
Fannie remained among the top 100 girl names in the U.S. from 1880 to 1914. Its highest annual birth count was in 1918, and people born that year turn 108 in 2026.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,356 | 46 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #3,654 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2023 | #3,192 | 51 | 0.0032% |
| 2022 | #2,707 | 64 | 0.0039% |
| 2021 | #2,858 | 59 | 0.0036% |
| 2020 | #2,534 | 68 | 0.0042% |
| 2019 | #2,936 | 56 | 0.0033% |
| 2018 | #2,792 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 2017 | #3,211 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 2016 | #3,344 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2015 | #3,146 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2014 | #3,509 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2013 | #3,333 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2012 | #3,941 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2011 | #3,369 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #3,586 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2009 | #3,172 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2008 | #3,174 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2007 | #3,179 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2006 | #3,330 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 2005 | #2,943 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2004 | #2,658 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2003 | #3,313 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2002 | #2,759 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2001 | #2,519 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2000 | #2,466 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 1999 | #2,541 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1998 | #2,317 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 1997 | #2,179 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1996 | #2,768 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1995 | #2,134 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1994 | #2,359 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1993 | #2,015 | 69 | 0.0038% |
| 1992 | #2,409 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 1991 | #2,197 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 1990 | #2,265 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 1989 | #1,792 | 75 | 0.0041% |
| 1988 | #1,873 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 1987 | #1,906 | 60 | 0.0035% |
| 1986 | #1,918 | 58 | 0.0034% |
| 1985 | #1,982 | 55 | 0.0032% |
| 1984 | #1,664 | 66 | 0.0039% |
| 1983 | #1,820 | 58 | 0.0035% |
| 1982 | #1,791 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 1981 | #1,719 | 66 | 0.0040% |
| 1980 | #1,647 | 70 | 0.0042% |
| 1979 | #1,483 | 80 | 0.0050% |
| 1978 | #1,601 | 67 | 0.0044% |
| 1977 | #1,284 | 92 | 0.0060% |
| 1976 | #1,311 | 83 | 0.0057% |
| 1975 | #1,283 | 87 | 0.0060% |
| 1974 | #1,347 | 78 | 0.0053% |
| 1973 | #1,314 | 77 | 0.0053% |
| 1972 | #1,149 | 95 | 0.0062% |
| 1971 | #1,096 | 110 | 0.0066% |
| 1970 | #1,172 | 99 | 0.0057% |
| 1969 | #1,111 | 99 | 0.0059% |
| 1968 | #1,093 | 95 | 0.0058% |
| 1967 | #929 | 122 | 0.0074% |
| 1966 | #892 | 127 | 0.0075% |
| 1965 | #858 | 136 | 0.0077% |
| 1964 | #825 | 162 | 0.0085% |
| 1963 | #722 | 201 | 0.0104% |
| 1962 | #802 | 170 | 0.0086% |
| 1961 | #724 | 206 | 0.0102% |
| 1960 | #668 | 232 | 0.0115% |
| 1959 | #629 | 251 | 0.0124% |
| 1958 | #623 | 248 | 0.0123% |
| 1957 | #557 | 296 | 0.0145% |
| 1956 | #523 | 319 | 0.0159% |
| 1955 | #490 | 344 | 0.0176% |
| 1954 | #453 | 379 | 0.0195% |
| 1953 | #413 | 433 | 0.0230% |
| 1952 | #417 | 415 | 0.0224% |
| 1951 | #384 | 452 | 0.0251% |
| 1950 | #337 | 533 | 0.0311% |
| 1949 | #334 | 542 | 0.0317% |
| 1948 | #329 | 570 | 0.0336% |
| 1947 | #321 | 595 | 0.0336% |
| 1946 | #298 | 603 | 0.0384% |
| 1945 | #288 | 586 | 0.0448% |
| 1944 | #272 | 643 | 0.0484% |
| 1943 | #268 | 692 | 0.0496% |
| 1942 | #247 | 767 | 0.0568% |
| 1941 | #239 | 724 | 0.0599% |
| 1940 | #222 | 749 | 0.0655% |
| 1939 | #227 | 737 | 0.0672% |
| 1938 | #211 | 804 | 0.0729% |
| 1937 | #200 | 849 | 0.0798% |
| 1936 | #205 | 816 | 0.0784% |
| 1935 | #198 | 870 | 0.0830% |
| 1934 | #185 | 955 | 0.0915% |
| 1933 | #174 | 1,025 | 0.1017% |
| 1932 | #164 | 1,177 | 0.1103% |
| 1931 | #169 | 1,094 | 0.1027% |
| 1930 | #166 | 1,225 | 0.1088% |
| 1929 | #169 | 1,199 | 0.1074% |
| 1928 | #161 | 1,361 | 0.1180% |
| 1927 | #160 | 1,446 | 0.1213% |
| 1926 | #153 | 1,572 | 0.1326% |
| 1925 | #151 | 1,656 | 0.1360% |
| 1924 | #152 | 1,708 | 0.1368% |
| 1923 | #142 | 1,776 | 0.1472% |
| 1922 | #135 | 1,867 | 0.1555% |
| 1921 | #135 | 1,892 | 0.1534% |
| 1920 | #127 | 1,979 | 0.1652% |
| 1919 | #121 | 1,981 | 0.1753% |
| 1918 | #120 | 2,014 | 0.1740% |
| 1917 | #115 | 1,961 | 0.1814% |
| 1916 | #116 | 1,883 | 0.1803% |
| 1915 | #105 | 1,927 | 0.1959% |
| 1914 | #99 | 1,617 | 0.2123% |
| 1913 | #91 | 1,488 | 0.2383% |
| 1912 | #87 | 1,425 | 0.2553% |
| 1911 | #88 | 1,100 | 0.2630% |
| 1910 | #78 | 1,237 | 0.3120% |
| 1909 | #79 | 1,071 | 0.3084% |
| 1908 | #76 | 1,085 | 0.3245% |
| 1907 | #74 | 1,089 | 0.3418% |
| 1906 | #76 | 955 | 0.3234% |
| 1905 | #68 | 1,085 | 0.3721% |
| 1904 | #73 | 964 | 0.3501% |
| 1903 | #64 | 1,016 | 0.3878% |
| 1902 | #72 | 971 | 0.3677% |
| 1901 | #72 | 873 | 0.3647% |
| 1900 | #62 | 1,237 | 0.4126% |
| 1899 | #68 | 886 | 0.3802% |
| 1898 | #61 | 1,085 | 0.4193% |
| 1897 | #67 | 956 | 0.4082% |
| 1896 | #65 | 1,001 | 0.4207% |
| 1895 | #62 | 1,012 | 0.4332% |
| 1894 | #63 | 1,003 | 0.4499% |
| 1893 | #61 | 1,003 | 0.4711% |
| 1892 | #57 | 1,031 | 0.4855% |
| 1891 | #57 | 916 | 0.4938% |
| 1890 | #52 | 1,005 | 0.5279% |
| 1889 | #53 | 909 | 0.5096% |
| 1888 | #50 | 991 | 0.5548% |
| 1887 | #52 | 798 | 0.5466% |
| 1886 | #48 | 837 | 0.5791% |
| 1885 | #47 | 783 | 0.5885% |
| 1884 | #50 | 738 | 0.5720% |
| 1883 | #47 | 696 | 0.6197% |
| 1882 | #47 | 650 | 0.6027% |
| 1881 | #47 | 565 | 0.6144% |
| 1880 | #49 | 560 | 0.6154% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | #3,686 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #3,231 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #2,427 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1941 | #3,264 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #2,542 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1939 | #2,935 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #2,970 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1937 | #2,746 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #2,342 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1935 | #2,783 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #2,815 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1933 | #2,602 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1932 | #2,514 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1931 | #2,724 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1930 | #2,347 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1929 | #3,346 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #2,307 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1927 | #2,226 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1926 | #2,787 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1925 | #4,438 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #2,711 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1923 | #2,673 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1922 | #3,100 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #4,026 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,604 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #3,203 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #2,308 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1917 | #3,030 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1916 | #2,188 | 13 | 0.0015% |
| 1915 | #2,506 | 10 | 0.0012% |
| 1914 | #2,746 | 7 | 0.0011% |
| 1912 | #1,791 | 9 | 0.0021% |
| 1911 | #1,441 | 7 | 0.0031% |
| 1910 | #1,241 | 8 | 0.0041% |
| 1909 | #1,335 | 6 | 0.0037% |
| 1903 | #1,055 | 6 | 0.0050% |
| 1902 | #663 | 12 | 0.0098% |
| 1900 | #1,383 | 5 | 0.0033% |
| 1899 | #632 | 11 | 0.0104% |
| 1897 | #1,119 | 5 | 0.0044% |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 5 | 0.0043% |
| 1889 | #829 | 7 | 0.0063% |
| 1888 | #853 | 7 | 0.0058% |
| 1884 | #1,022 | 5 | 0.0044% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Fannie Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are kind, home-loving, hospitable and friendly. Since you take responsibility well, you are a good organizer of social affairs. Compassion for others is an outstanding trait. You are a great lover and a great flirt – an artist, musician, actor, teacher, nurse. Your character can be contradictory. You are practical, yet idealistic and intuitive; capable of selfless devotion to someone you love, yet look to receive payback. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Dependable, very down-to-earth and well grounded, you are always looking for meaningful work, a career where you can take pride in your work and do the best job you are capable of. Your prime desire is to build protected and secure environment at home and at work. You can be very persuasive in achieving goals and gaining objectives. You can be very detailed and well-organized and possess great organizational skills. At times you may appear too stubborn and overly critical to others, but your practical approach to life and productivity makes you one of the most beneficent members of community.
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