Fanny Girl
How popular is Fanny?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Fanny in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Fanny popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▼ 1179 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,211 in 2015, #9,541 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1916 (241 girls) |
| Highest rank | #182 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Fanny counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Fannie family of names ranked #2,067 for girls in 2025 (#1,927 the year before), with 64 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fannie | 46 | 72% |
| Fanny | 18 | 28% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Fanny is most popular
Babies named Fanny per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
Fanny by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 716 | #182 |
| 1890s | 860 | #267 |
| 1900s | 768 | #343 |
| 1910s | 1,662 | #390 |
| 1920s | 1,735 | #453 |
| 1930s | 791 | #622 |
| 1940s | 384 | #1,142 |
| 1950s | 308 | #1,494 |
| 1960s | 256 | #2,162 |
| 1970s | 373 | #1,732 |
| 1980s | 450 | #1,982 |
| 1990s | 567 | #1,850 |
| 2000s | 398 | #2,804 |
| 2010s | 264 | #3,211 |
| 2020s | 122 | #4,904 |
Girl names about as popular as Fanny
Questions
- Is Fanny a boy or girl name?
- Fanny is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Fanny were girls.
- How popular is the name Fanny?
- 18 baby girls were named Fanny in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Fanny most popular?
- Fanny peaked in 1916, when 241 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #182 in 1880.
- How many people are named Fanny?
- 9,654 babies have been named Fanny in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,125 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Fanny most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Fanny was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.