Nanny

NA-nee /ˈnæni/
girl 2 syllables fading

Nanny is a very rare variant of Nannie that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.

Nanny is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1938. Nanny was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1921 (9 births).

About the name Nanny

PronunciationNA-nee /ˈnæni/
CultureDanishDutchFinnishSwedish
9peak births 1921
1886first in SSA data

Names similar to Nanny

How popular is Nanny?

Girls named Nanny
1886189019001910192019301938
Girls named Nanny per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1886–1938 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1938) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Nanny total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
19385—#4,804
19295—#5,081
19245—#5,653
19237—#4,253
19219—#3,588
19066—#1,881
19006—#1,869
18925—#1,594
18865—#1,228