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Nannie

Nannie was most popular in 1920, when 655 girls got the name. In 2025, fewer than 5 girls were named Nannie.

25,580babies since 1880
1920most popular year
#86best rank, 1882
n/arank in 2025

Babies named Nannie each year in the US

Girls Boys

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DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s3,1650
1890s3,5990
1900s3,3910
1910s4,99710
1920s5,24310
1930s2,7400
1940s1,4380
1950s6400
1960s2320
1970s930
1980s160
1990s60

Nannie in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Nannie.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1920 1 in 1,829 n/a
England and Wales 1915 1 in 29,837 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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