Fannie
About Fannie
It's hard to believe, via a 21st-century sensibility, that Fannie was ever a Top 50 name. But Fannie was even more popular than Fanny in its late 19th-century heyday, and stuck around much longer, staying on the Top 1000 until the 1960s while Fanny fell off in 1940. Today, however, Fannie sounds antiquated at best, and rude at worst.
Much of Fannie's usage today can be accounted for in Amish communities, among whom Fannie is a classic choice.
Pronounced FAN-ee.
As of October 2026, Fannie ranked #3356 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #47 in 1883.
Editor's take: The name Fannie is a girl's name meaning "from France; free man".
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- Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal)
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- Fannie Hillsmith
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- Fannie Ward
American silent film actress
- Fannie Kauffman
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- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler
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- Frances "Fannie" Barrier Williams
American educator and civil rights activist
Fannie in pop culture
- Fannie Mae
the Federal National Mortgage Association