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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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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2025#330931—
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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—
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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—
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1948#3,13711—
1947#2,04523—
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1944#2,94610—
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1942#4,6225—
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1936#3,7016—
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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 1983

  • 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: #555 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,549 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedWIMichigan: #721 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,891 girlsMINew York: #345 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 2,236 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 · 10 births · 1 in 6,795 girlsPANew Jersey: #256 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,663 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Fatima, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #631 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 4,813 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: #969 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 9,869 girlsTXFlorida: #1,091 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,771 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#256 · 1 in 1,663
  2. New York#345 · 1 in 2,236
  3. Illinois#555 · 1 in 4,549
  4. Pennsylvania#628 · 1 in 6,795
  5. California#631 · 1 in 4,813

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#256231 in 1,663
New York#345461 in 2,236
Illinois#555161 in 4,549
Pennsylvania#628101 in 6,795
California#631391 in 4,813
Michigan#72171 in 7,891
Texas#969131 in 9,869
Florida#1,09151 in 11,771
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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 1983

girls
#785
203 births · 1 in 8,230 girls

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #785Fatima203
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 8,230 of them was named Fatima, which outranked 93.5% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fatima
  1. #780Tammie205
  2. #783Latanya204
  3. #783Wendi204
  4. #785Fatima203
  5. #785Siobhan203
  6. #787Cheyenne202
  7. #788Sydney201
  8. #788Tisha201

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

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →