Fannye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Fannye

The Social Security Administration has registered 486 babies named Fannye between 1882 and 1941, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fannye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fannye performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Fannye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fannye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fannye 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 486 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.