Girls' name · since 1978
Fany
102 babies named Fany in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
102 girls have been named Fany since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Fany has 102 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2024.
- #26,879 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 102 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fany ranks #26,879 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Fany's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Fany splits its recorded history at 2006: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Fany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Fany by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (41 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Fany's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Fany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 41 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Fany's decade-level peak was the 2000s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~46 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, 1978–2024 (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 Fany 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.