Fanny

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fanny: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fanny: Recorded since 1946, it reached #194 in 2000, and it stood at #468 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#194highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1946–2025

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1946	#348
1954	#389
1963	#364
1969	#441
1972	#592
1973	#484
1976	#603
1978	#611
1983	#528
1985	#440
1986	#367
1987	#371
1988	#350
1989	#334
1990	#205
1991	#270
1992	#324
1993	#322
1994	#203
1995	#233
1996	#270
1997	#199
1998	#259
1999	#278
2000	#194
2001	#222
2002	#283
2003	#309
2004	#260
2005	#290
2006	#299
2007	#323
2008	#381
2009	#552
2010	#406
2011	#439
2012	#422
2013	#401
2015	#390
2016	#422
2017	#339
2018	#455
2019	#508
2020	#483
2021	#366
2022	#412
2024	#421
2025	#468

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 48 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1946–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #348 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #194 among girls in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Fanny by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fanny in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	6	1 of 10	6
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	14	2 of 10	7
1970s	18	4 of 10	5
1980s	66	6 of 10	11
1990sbusiest	200	10 of 10	20
2000s	156	10 of 10	16
2010s	77	9 of 10	9
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Fanny appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #194 in Norway in 2000.

Fanny's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	female	#468	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#421	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#412	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#366	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#483	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#508	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#455	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#339	12	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#422	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#390	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#401	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#422	9	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#439	8	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#406	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#552	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#381	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#323	14	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#290	16	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#260	18	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#309	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#283	15	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#222	22	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#194	27	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#278	15	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#259	17	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#199	27	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#270	16	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#233	22	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#203	28	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#322	14	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#324	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#270	19	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#205	29	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#334	14	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#350	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#371	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#367	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#440	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#528	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#611	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#603	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#484	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#592	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#441	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#364	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#348	6	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #194, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Falk · #107, 26y
Fallon · #230, 33y
Faolan · #116, 27y
Faraaz · #1281, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sile · #195, 45y
Olve · #201, 46y
Waldemar · #201, 44y
Silja · #183, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Lilian · #194, 68y
Wiggo · #194, 36y
Anne-Mette · #195, 39y
Elfrid · #193, 18y

Fanny was ranked #194 in Norway · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Fanny and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fanny without appearing here.

Fanny moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 1989 they stood at #334 and #270 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #205 and #481.
Vigdis Compare
In 1988 they stood at #350 and #312 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #334 and #595.
Jennifer Compare
In 2016 they stood at #422 and #405 in Norway · Girls; by 2017 that had become #339 and #535.
Melanie Compare
In 2009 they stood at #552 and #527 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #406 and #601.

Moved ahead of Fanny

Michelle Compare
In 1971 they stood at #441 and #512 in Norway · Girls; by 1972 that had become #592 and #332.
Thea Compare
In 1971 they stood at #441 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 1972 that had become #592 and #339.
Frida Compare
In 1975 they stood at #484 and #530 in Norway · Girls; by 1976 that had become #603 and #399.
Tara Compare
In 2017 they stood at #339 and #363 in Norway · Girls; by 2018 that had become #455 and #251.

Moved the opposite way to Fanny

Lily Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Fanny went from #203 to #468 while Lily went from #642 to #123.
Hennie Compare
Between 1997 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Fanny went from #199 to #468 while Hennie went from #610 to #20.
Ava Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Fanny went from #278 to #468 while Ava went from #603 to #143.
Molly Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Fanny went from #309 to #468 while Molly went from #606 to #217.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #194 in Norway in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Fanny

Fanny at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fanny by decade in Norway · Girls

Fanny appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Fanny

Fanny and the names beside it

Fanny moved ahead of

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Fanny at a glance

Fanny by decade in Norway · Girls

Fanny appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Fanny

Fanny and the names beside it

Fanny moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fanny

Moved the opposite way to Fanny