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Girl name#802 of girl names

Nannie

Pronounced N AE1 N N AY1 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1920
  • 112 years in use
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How popular is Nannie?

Nannie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 25,580 children — the 802nd most common girls' name on record.

It has left circulation; 1991 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1920, when 655 children were given it.

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1920Girls: 655Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • Alliterative
  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
N AE1 N N AY1 · N AE1 N N IY1
Stress pattern:
11 · 11
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Nannie

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Nannie

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Nannie?
Nannie ranks 802nd among girls' names in US records, with 25,580 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 16.
Is Nannie a unisex name?
No. Nannie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Nannie most popular?
1920, when 655 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1991.