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
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 1,408 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,945since 1919
Fatima over time
Rank among girls' names. Fatima has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #330 | 931 | — | |
| 2024 | #316 | 974 | — | |
| 2023 | #344 | 895 | — | |
| 2022 | #351 | 905 | — | |
| 2021 | #380 | 824 | — | |
| 2020 | #342 | 908 | — | |
| 2019 | #326 | 980 | — | |
| 2018 | #345 | 917 | — | |
| 2017 | #314 | 1,038 | — | |
| 2016 | #306 | 1,069 | — | |
| 2015 | #312 | 1,042 | — | |
| 2014 | #330 | 1,013 | — | |
| 2013 | #308 | 1,037 | — | |
| 2012 | #303 | 1,057 | — | |
| 2011 | #281 | 1,129 | — | |
| 2010 | #272 | 1,213 | — | |
| 2009 | #274 | 1,198 | — | |
| 2008 | #249 | 1,391 | — | |
| 2007 | #234 | 1,512 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #228 | 1,515 | — | |
| 2005 | #236 | 1,422 | — | |
| 2004 | #273 | 1,198 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #241 | 1,354 | — | |
| 2002 | #247 | 1,287 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #227 | 1,408 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #242 | 1,316 | — | |
| 1999 | #382 | 750 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #495 | 512 | — | |
| 1997 | #501 | 495 | — | |
| 1996 | #552 | 422 | — | |
| 1995 | #591 | 385 | — | |
| 1994 | #571 | 403 | — | |
| 1993 | #565 | 421 | — | |
| 1992 | #628 | 360 | — | |
| 1991 | #668 | 324 | — | |
| 1990 | #620 | 362 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #688 | 294 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #659 | 293 | — | |
| 1987 | #689 | 268 | — | |
| 1986 | #766 | 225 | — | |
| 1985 | #758 | 225 | — | |
| 1984 | #683 | 246 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #785 | 203 | — | |
| 1982 | #708 | 245 | — | |
| 1981 | #741 | 223 | — | |
| 1980 | #782 | 211 | — | |
| 1979 | #765 | 210 | — | |
| 1978 | #858 | 171 | — | |
| 1977 | #898 | 158 | — | |
| 1976 | #866 | 157 | — | |
| 1975 | #745 | 193 | — | |
| 1974 | #863 | 151 | — | |
| 1973 | #862 | 149 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,073 | 107 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,176 | 97 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,224 | 91 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,190 | 88 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,210 | 81 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,239 | 74 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,444 | 59 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,560 | 38 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#435 · 1 in 3,430
- New Jersey#633 · 1 in 5,819
- Ohio#685 · 1 in 8,272
- New York#702 · 1 in 6,928
- Florida#889 · 1 in 8,896
Best ever in a state: #99 in California, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #435 | 6 | 1 in 3,430 |
| New Jersey | #633 | 7 | 1 in 5,819 |
| Ohio | #685 | 9 | 1 in 8,272 |
| New York | #702 | 16 | 1 in 6,928 |
| Florida | #889 | 5 | 1 in 8,896 |
| California | #956 | 14 | 1 in 9,791 |
| Illinois | #1,147 | 5 | 1 in 14,919 |
| Texas | #1,282 | 6 | 1 in 16,061 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 2001 at #227 (1,408 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1973–2025
- 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
- 34.9% of all girls named Fatima (13,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,662 |
| 1930s | 62 | #2,730 (1938) | #3,574 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,845 (1949) | #3,001 |
| 1950s | 281 | #1,560 (1952) | #2,050 |
| 1960s | 565 | #1,190 (1969) | #1,575 |
| 1970s | 1,484 | #745 (1975) | #933 |
| 1980s | 2,433 | #659 (1988) | #726 |
| 1990s | 4,434 | #382 (1999) | #557 |
| 2000s | 13,601 | #227 (2001) | #245 |
| 2010s | 10,495 | #272 (2010) | #310 |
| 2020s | 5,437 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 14,217 of them was named Fatima, which outranked 88.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,065Tobi108
- #1,065Twana108
- #1,065Twila108
- #1,073Fatima107
- #1,073Aisha107
- #1,073Carmella107
- #1,073Kimberli107
- #1,079Kyla106
- #1,079Lela106
- #1,079Loriann106
Tied with 5 names at #1,073; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.