Girls' name · since 1881
Nanie
778 babies named Nanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 778
- born since 1881
- 1910s
- peak decade
778 girls have been named Nanie since 1881, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nanie has 778 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1947.
- #8,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 778 born since 1881
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nanie ranks #8,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 778 born since 1881, peaking in the 1910s.
- #8,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 778
- born since 1881
- 1910s
- peak decade
Nanie's 778 recorded births place it above 87.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Virginia.
Nanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nanie's full recorded timeline at 1910, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1914 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1947
- Peak year (1914)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Nanie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (195 births, 25% of the file).
1910s was Nanie's strongest decade.
195 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Nanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
84 births
- 1890s
1890s
113 births
- 1900s
1900s
119 births
- 1910s
1910s
195 births
- 1920s
1920s
179 births
- 1930s 74
1930s
74 births
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 195 births (25% of all-time use).
How Nanie 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 Nanie's total volume
Nanie by state
Where Nanie concentrates geographically, total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 20 | 2.6% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.3% |
20 of 778 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Nanie's data
- Nanie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (195 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Nanies (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1881–1947 (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 Nanie 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.