Girls' name · since 1886
Nanny
Nanny has 53 recorded births since 1886 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nanny sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 1886.
Nanny has 53 recorded births among girls since 1886, 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 1886 to 1938.
- #34,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1886
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nanny ranks #34,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1886, peaking in the 1920s.
- #34,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Nanny's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nanny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nanny's full recorded timeline at 1921, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nanny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–1938
- Peak year (1921)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Nanny by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 49% of the file).
1920s was Nanny's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Nanny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s
1900s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Nanny's decade-level peak was the 1920s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- 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 Nanny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1886–1938 (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 Nanny 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.