Girls' name · since 1986
Fana
18 babies named Fana in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,683 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fana currently ranks #13683 among girls' names in America, with 18 babies recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Fana recorded 18 times among girls since 1986, holding rank #13683 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #46,944 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,683 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fana ranks #46,944 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,683 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,683 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fana's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Fana compares
18 7th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Fana's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fana's full recorded timeline at 1988, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Fana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Fana's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Fana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Fana's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Fana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.