Cannie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cannie

The Social Security Administration has registered 225 babies named Cannie between 1888 and 1982, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cannie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1893, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cannie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Cannie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cannie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cannie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 225 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.