Girls' name · since 1880
Fanny
Fanny has 9,654 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,715 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,654
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Fanny is the #6325 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 9,654 recorded since 1880.
Fanny has 9,654 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6325 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,715 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,325 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,654 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fanny ranks #1,715 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,325 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,654 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,715 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,654
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Fanny's 9,654 recorded births place it above 97.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Fanny compares
9,654 Top 10% higher than 90% of 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
Fanny's all-time total is 26x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fanny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,654 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 241 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fanny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Fanny's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 27% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 73%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 10 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 241, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Fanny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1916)
- 241
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Fanny by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,735 births, 18% of the file).
1920s was Fanny's strongest decade.
1,735 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Fanny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
716 births
- 1890s
1890s
860 births
- 1900s
1900s
768 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,662 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,735 births
- 1930s
1930s
791 births
- 1940s 384
1940s
384 births
- 1950s 308
1950s
308 births
- 1960s 256
1960s
256 births
- 1970s 373
1970s
373 births
- 1980s 450
1980s
450 births
- 1990s 567
1990s
567 births
- 2000s 398
2000s
398 births
- 2010s 264
2010s
264 births
- 2020s 122
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,735 births (18% of all-time use).
How Fanny compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Fanny's total volume
Fanny by state
Where Fanny concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,727 | 17.9% |
| #2 | California | | 629 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 242 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 235 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 187 | 1.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 176 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 169 | 1.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 108 | 1.1% |
1,727 of 9,654 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Fanny appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Fanny's data
- Fanny's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,735 total births); usage has since declined to 122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Fannys (1,727 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Fanny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Fanny 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.