Zannie — boys' name
144 babies named Zannie in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Zannie was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Zannie in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zannie
The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Zannie between 1912 and 1961, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zannie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Zannie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 140 additional births since 1904.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zannie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zannie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zannie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zannie 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 144 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.
Zannie at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zannie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1912
- Peak year (1940)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
144 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 12 births in a single year.
Zannie popularity over time — girls
140 total births recorded since 1904 (Zannie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Zannie accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zannie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 43 births that decade — 30% of Zannie's all-time total
Zannie decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Zannie's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Zannie by state
Where Zannie concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 144 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.