Fatima

#330 for girls in 2025, 931 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2001 · 1,408 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
38,945
since 1919

Fatima over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Fatima has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #227, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#330931
2024#316974
2023#344895
2022#351905
2021#380824
2020#342908
2019#326980
2018#345917
2017#3141,038
2016#3061,069
2015#3121,042
2014#3301,013
2013#3081,037
2012#3031,057
2011#2811,129
2010#2721,213
2009#2741,198
2008#2491,391
2007#2341,512#12,3675
2006#2281,515
2005#2361,422
2004#2731,198#9,9486
2003#2411,354
2002#2471,287#8,4567
2001#2271,408#10,5565
2000#2421,316
1999#382750#7,8747
1998#495512
1997#501495
1996#552422
1995#591385
1994#571403
1993#565421
1992#628360
1991#668324
1990#620362#8,1175
1989#688294#6,9416
1988#659293
1987#689268
1986#766225
1985#758225
1984#683246#6,3155
1983#785203
1982#708245
1981#741223
1980#782211
1979#765210
1978#858171
1977#898158
1976#866157
1975#745193
1974#863151
1973#862149
1972#1,073107
1971#1,17697
1970#1,22491
1969#1,19088
1968#1,21081
1967#1,23974
1966#1,66945
1965#1,52853
1964#1,68647
1963#1,58051
1962#1,44459
1961#2,47424
1960#1,72543
1959#2,02131
1958#1,87234
1957#2,16826
1956#2,38922
1955#1,73336
1954#1,64838
1953#2,36320
1952#1,56038
1951#2,31419
1950#2,43617
1949#1,84527
1948#3,13711
1947#2,04523
1946#3,03411
1945#2,59812
1944#2,94610
1943#2,86111
1942#4,6225
1941#3,9546
1940#2,9639
1939#2,9229
1938#2,73010
1937#3,8006
1936#3,7016
1935#3,7426
1934
1933#4,2185
1932#3,9016
1931#3,4977
1930#3,6587
1929#3,6827
1928
1927#4,8055
1926
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1924#5,0615
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1921#5,0995
1920
1919#4,2516
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Fatima! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Fatima is popular in 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedMNIllinois: #530 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,175 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedWIMichigan: #496 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,512 girlsMINew York: #400 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,739 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #628 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,304 girlsPANew Jersey: #323 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,192 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #553 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 3,857 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedHITexas: #1,305 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 15,467 girlsTXFlorida: #760 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,762 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#323 · 1 in 2,192
  2. New York#400 · 1 in 2,739
  3. Michigan#496 · 1 in 4,512
  4. Illinois#530 · 1 in 4,175
  5. California#553 · 1 in 3,857

Best ever in a state: #99 in California, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#323171 in 2,192
New York#400371 in 2,739
Michigan#496131 in 4,512
Illinois#530181 in 4,175
California#553471 in 3,857
Pennsylvania#628111 in 6,304
Florida#76081 in 6,762
Texas#1,30581 in 15,467
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Fatima
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#316#330)
  • 12 spots since 2020 (#342#330)
  • 18 spots since 2015 (#312#330)
  • Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1973 (#1,073#862)
  • Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1976 (#745#866)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 2001 at #227 (1,408 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1973–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,255
  • Highest: 1 in 1,255 girls born in 2006 were named Fatima (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,726 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #227 in 2001, was only 1 in 1,279 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 34.9% of all girls named Fatima (13,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#4,251 (1919)#4,251
1920s22#3,682 (1929)#4,662
1930s62#2,730 (1938)#3,574
1940s125#1,845 (1949)#3,001
1950s281#1,560 (1952)#2,050
1960s565#1,190 (1969)#1,575
1970s1,484#745 (1975)#933
1980s2,433#659 (1988)#726
1990s4,434#382 (1999)#557
2000s13,601#227 (2001)#245
2010s10,495#272 (2010)#310
2020s5,437#316 (2024)#344

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Fatima in 1981

girls
#741
223 births · 1 in 7,480 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #741Fatima223
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 7,480 of them was named Fatima, which outranked 93.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fatima
  1. #735Shantel224
  2. #735Sommer224
  3. #735Yadira224
  4. #741Fatima223
  5. #741Lily223
  6. #743Alexa222
  7. #743Elaina222
  8. #743Gillian222

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1981