girl's name

Fanya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 40

Fanya is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1977, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1972.

Fanya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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Births named Fanya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 24
2010s (to 2016) 6

How popular is Fanya?

In 2016, Fanya was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Fanya is used

France #3,756 5 in 2014
United States #14,338 6 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Fanya

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Fanya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Fanya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Fanya

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Fanya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Fanya

How popular is the name Fanya?

In 2016, Fanya was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Fanya a girl's or a boy's name?

Fanya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Fanya most popular?

Fanya peaked in 1977, when 8 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.