Fanta
Girl · FAN-ta
Fanta is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Fanta mean?
Mande name from West Africa (Mali, Guinea, Gambia)
A traditional girls' name in Mande-speaking West Africa; the soft drink's name comes separately from German Fantasie.
- Say it
- FAN-ta
Is Fanta a girl's or a boy's name?
Fanta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fanta in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fanta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fanta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Fanta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Fanta, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Fanta in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fanta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,609 |
Names like Fanta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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