Girls' name · since 1880
Nannie
Nannie has 25,560 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25,560
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nannie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25,560 have been recorded since 1880.
Nannie has 25,560 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1991.
- #912 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25,560 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nannie ranks #912 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25,560 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25,560
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nannie's 25,560 recorded births place it above 98.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Virginia.
Nannie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nannie splits its recorded history at 1932: 18% of all births land in the more recent half, 82% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 655 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nannie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1991
- Peak year (1920)
- 655
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Nannie popularity over time - boys
20 total births recorded since 1915 (Nannie as boys' name)
Nannie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5,243 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Nannie's strongest decade.
5,243 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Nannie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
3,165 births
- 1890s
1890s
3,599 births
- 1900s
1900s
3,391 births
- 1910s
1910s
4,997 births
- 1920s
1920s
5,243 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,740 births
- 1940s 1,438
1940s
1,438 births
- 1950s 640
1950s
640 births
- 1960s 232
1960s
232 births
- 1970s 93
1970s
93 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5,243 births (21% of all-time use).
How Nannie 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 Nannie's total volume
Nannie by state
Where Nannie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 2,968 | 11.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 2,531 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 2,144 | 8.4% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 1,522 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 868 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 789 | 3.1% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 762 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 744 | 2.9% |
2,968 of 25,560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Nannie appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nannie's data
- Nannie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (5,243 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Nannies (2,968 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nannie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1880–1991 (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 Nannie 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.