How Many People Are Named Fanny?
people named Fanny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 112,986 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,654 babies named Fanny in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
241 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of FRANCES, FRANÇOISE or STÉPHANIE. In the English-speaking world this has been a vulgar slang word since the late 19th century, and the name has subsequently dropped out of common use.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Fanny in English. Counting Fanny and these spellings together, about 16,961 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Fanny in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fanny alive today is about 44 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fanny first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 241 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fanny has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #183, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #6,396.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,396 |
| Best rank | #183 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #540 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fanny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fanny were born in California than in any other state: about 612 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fanny was given 4.8 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in California and 2 times in Kentucky.
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