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How popular is “Fanny” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fanny” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Fanny” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Fanny” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Fanny” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Fanny” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Fanny” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fanny” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 67 0.000332533 67 100%
1881 55 0.000285436 55 100%
1882 49 0.000221186 49 100%
1883 68 0.000313442 68 100%
1884 66 0.000271091 66 100%
1885 85 0.000352911 85 100%
1886 81 0.000317254 81 100%
1887 83 0.0003355 83 100%
1888 75 0.000250439 75 100%
1889 87 0.000301094 87 100%
1890 84 0.000278698 84 100%
1891 84 0.000293017 84 100%
1892 92 0.000275141 92 100%
1893 79 0.00024291 79 100%
1894 90 0.00026573 90 100%
1895 94 0.000267791 94 100%
1896 108 0.000302111 108 100%
1897 78 0.000224812 78 100%
1898 78 0.00020448 78 100%
1899 73 0.000215191 73 100%
1900 86 0.000191002 86 100%
1901 60 0.000173505 60 100%
1902 68 0.000175832 68 100%
1903 79 0.00020724 79 100%
1904 65 0.000161096 65 100%
1905 71 0.000167484 71 100%
1906 71 0.000165713 71 100%
1907 103 0.00022132 103 100%
1908 86 0.000175995 86 100%
1909 79 0.000154531 79 100%
1910 102 0.000172673 102 100%
1911 100 0.000155213 100 100%
1912 116 0.000117402 116 100%
1913 124 0.000109048 124 100%
1914 167 0.000117909 167 100%
1915 211 0.000115148 211 100%
1916 241 0.000124585 241 100%
1917 209 0.000104149 209 100%
1918 202 0.00009304 202 100%
1919 190 0.000090037 190 100%
1920 222 0.000098115 222 100%
1921 170 0.000072821 170 100%
1922 194 0.000084747 194 100%
1923 177 0.000076874 177 100%
1924 167 0.000070121 167 100%
1925 188 0.000080573 188 100%
1926 163 0.000070996 163 100%
1927 166 0.000071572 166 100%
1928 149 0.000065902 149 100%
1929 139 0.000063408 139 100%
1930 124 0.000055773 124 100%
1931 109 0.000051797 109 100%
1932 93 0.000044049 93 100%
1933 80 0.000040011 80 100%
1934 91 0.000043817 91 100%
1935 88 0.000042107 88 100%
1936 49 0.000023585 49 100%
1937 43 0.000020181 43 100%
1938 64 0.000028926 64 100%
1939 50 0.000022692 50 100%
1940 36 0.000015634 36 100%
1941 40 0.000016417 40 100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 100%
1943 50 0.000017714 50 100%
1944 36 0.000013383 36 100%
1945 45 0.000016963 45 100%
1946 26 0.000008137 26 100%
1947 37 0.000010271 37 100%
1948 31 0.000008979 31 100%
1949 39 0.000011192 39 100%
1950 38 0.000010847 38 100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 100%
1953 29 0.000007525 29 100%
1954 32 0.000008039 32 100%
1955 34 0.000008468 34 100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 100%
1957 32 0.000007615 32 100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 100%
1959 29 0.000006975 29 100%
1960 28 0.000006741 28 100%
1961 27 0.000006518 27 100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 100%
1964 30 0.000007717 30 100%
1965 27 0.000007447 27 100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 100%
1968 31 0.000009176 31 100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 100%
1970 28 0.000007764 28 100%
1971 34 0.000009906 34 100%
1972 33 0.0000105 33 100%
1973 51 0.000016905 51 100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 100%
1975 41 0.000013579 41 100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 100%
1977 30 0.000009444 30 100%
1978 33 0.000010397 33 100%
1979 47 0.000014127 47 100%
1980 40 0.000011613 40 100%
1981 42 0.000012141 42 100%
1982 44 0.000012543 44 100%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 100%
1984 41 0.000011752 41 100%
1985 41 0.000011487 41 100%
1986 35 0.00000984 35 100%
1987 48 0.000013313 48 100%
1988 60 0.000016238 60 100%
1989 63 0.000016387 63 100%
1990 68 0.000017204 68 100%
1991 71 0.000018227 71 100%
1992 76 0.000019785 76 100%
1993 77 0.000020423 77 100%
1994 58 0.000015601 58 100%
1995 51 0.000013926 51 100%
1996 39 0.000010693 39 100%
1997 41 0.000011308 41 100%
1998 44 0.000011962 44 100%
1999 42 0.00001137 42 100%
2000 32 0.000008466 32 100%
2001 52 0.000013891 52 100%
2002 37 0.000009898 37 100%
2003 41 0.000010783 41 100%
2004 41 0.00001073 41 100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 100%
2006 34 0.000008594 34 100%
2007 39 0.000009756 39 100%
2008 50 0.00001272 50 100%
2009 44 0.000011518 44 100%
2010 25 0.000006765 25 100%
2011 30 0.000008202 30 100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 100%
2014 31 0.000008364 31 100%
2015 51 0.00001378 51 100%
2016 29 0.000007905 29 100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 100%
2018 16 0.000004551 16 100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 100%
2022 27 0.000007981 27 100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 100%

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