—2024 rank
1918peak year
85,463babies named Fannie since 1880
▼ 25%5-year trend
Fannie popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Fannie mean?
An American spelling of Fanny, a diminutive of Frances, from Latin francus meaning 'free'. Popular in the nineteenth-century American South.
OriginLatin
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, classic
Names like Fannie
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Famous Fannies
- Fannie Lou Hamer, activist
Spellings & variants
FannyFrancesFrannie
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