Nanie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nanie

The Social Security Administration has registered 778 babies named Nanie between 1881 and 1947, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nanie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nanie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nanie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Nanie in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nanie 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 778 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.