Fonnie

Boy · recorded 1917–1943

  • 1943last recorded
  • 1917best year

Most popular in 1917.

Last recorded in 1943. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Fonnie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

03619171924193019371943

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 7 recorded years as a table
Fonnie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19195
19226
19265
19385
19414
19435

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fonnie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Fonnie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1943
7
Rank in 1943
#2,964
How rare
1 in 203,899 boys
Since 1917
39

Fonnie was last recorded in 1943. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1917, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Fonnie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.