Fanny
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAN-ee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Fanny is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “from France”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Fanny mean?
Latin: pet form of Frances
“from France”
Fanny Price is the heroine of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.
Is Fanny a girl's or a boy's name?
Fanny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fanny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Fanny, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1916, with 241 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Fanny than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Fanny in the US since 1880 were born between 1910 and 1960. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were given Fanny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,265, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
- Fannie 46
- Fanny 18
Fanny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 77 | #1,850 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,952 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,984 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,993 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,982 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,397 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,339 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,391 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,097 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,164 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,107 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,927 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,494 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,668 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,770 |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,174 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,339 |
| 1943 | 50 | #1,142 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,184 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1939 | 50 | #996 |
| 1938 | 64 | #875 |
| 1937 | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1936 | 49 | #979 |
| 1935 | 88 | #715 |
| 1934 | 91 | #700 |
| 1933 | 80 | #736 |
| 1932 | 93 | #703 |
| 1931 | 109 | #638 |
| 1930 | 124 | #622 |
| 1929 | 139 | #582 |
| 1928 | 149 | #579 |
| 1927 | 166 | #549 |
| 1926 | 163 | #554 |
| 1925 | 188 | #513 |
| 1924 | 167 | #560 |
| 1923 | 177 | #533 |
| 1922 | 194 | #499 |
| 1921 | 170 | #544 |
| 1920 | 222 | #453 |
| 1919 | 190 | #485 |
| 1918 | 202 | #469 |
| 1917 | 209 | #444 |
| 1916 | 241 | #404 |
| 1915 | 211 | #410 |
| 1914 | 167 | #409 |
| 1913 | 124 | #443 |
| 1912 | 116 | #438 |
| 1911 | 100 | #402 |
| 1910 | 102 | #390 |
| 1909 | 79 | #410 |
| 1908 | 86 | #388 |
| 1907 | 103 | #343 |
| 1906 | 71 | #405 |
| 1905 | 71 | #401 |
| 1904 | 65 | #403 |
| 1903 | 79 | #355 |
| 1902 | 68 | #381 |
| 1901 | 60 | #380 |
| 1900 | 86 | #363 |
| 1899 | 73 | #348 |
| 1898 | 78 | #352 |
| 1897 | 78 | #332 |
| 1896 | 108 | #276 |
| 1895 | 94 | #294 |
| 1894 | 90 | #290 |
| 1893 | 79 | #307 |
| 1892 | 92 | #278 |
| 1891 | 84 | #267 |
| 1890 | 84 | #272 |
| 1889 | 87 | #251 |
| 1888 | 75 | #267 |
| 1887 | 83 | #228 |
| 1886 | 81 | #224 |
| 1885 | 85 | #212 |
| 1884 | 66 | #234 |
| 1883 | 68 | #214 |
| 1882 | 49 | #247 |
| 1881 | 55 | #201 |
| 1880 | 67 | #182 |
Names like Fanny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucy Florence Daisy Clara Flora Frances Ruby Mary Estelle Mabel Nora Alma
Other spellings of Fanny
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Luna Rosie Emilia Max Nova Julian Anthony Austin Felix Camila
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fanny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fanny, updated 20 October 2026.