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 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 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 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#119 · 1 in 523
- Nevada#137 · 1 in 494
- District of Columbia#145 · 1 in 452
- Texas#161 · 1 in 687
- Illinois#170 · 1 in 749
Best ever in a state: #99 in California, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #119 | 425 | 1 in 523 |
| Nevada | #137 | 20 | 1 in 494 |
| District of Columbia | #145 | 8 | 1 in 452 |
| Texas | #161 | 223 | 1 in 687 |
| Illinois | #170 | 94 | 1 in 749 |
| Arizona | #178 | 42 | 1 in 762 |
| New York | #178 | 105 | 1 in 933 |
| New Mexico | #221 | 10 | 1 in 803 |
| Michigan | #222 | 44 | 1 in 1,135 |
| Virginia | #228 | 32 | 1 in 1,097 |
| New Jersey | #233 | 34 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Georgia | #253 | 39 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Maryland | #256 | 19 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Colorado | #258 | 22 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Connecticut | #289 | 10 | 1 in 1,491 |
| Oregon | #293 | 13 | 1 in 1,226 |
| North Carolina | #298 | 31 | 1 in 1,427 |
| Washington | #312 | 20 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Idaho | #328 | 5 | 1 in 1,241 |
| Utah | #334 | 11 | 1 in 1,577 |
| Massachusetts | #335 | 16 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Florida | #357 | 38 | 1 in 2,035 |
| Nebraska | #359 | 5 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Alabama | #375 | 11 | 1 in 1,815 |
| Kansas | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,893 |
| Iowa | #403 | 6 | 1 in 2,287 |
| Minnesota | #412 | 11 | 1 in 2,295 |
| Indiana | #444 | 13 | 1 in 2,542 |
| Missouri | #447 | 11 | 1 in 2,603 |
| South Carolina | #456 | 7 | 1 in 2,398 |
| Arkansas | #465 | 5 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Pennsylvania | #489 | 18 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Louisiana | #549 | 7 | 1 in 2,968 |
| Tennessee | #586 | 8 | 1 in 3,771 |
| Kentucky | #589 | 5 | 1 in 3,984 |
| Wisconsin | #637 | 6 | 1 in 4,212 |
| Ohio | #752 | 10 | 1 in 5,957 |
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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 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 1,279 of them was named Fatima, which outranked 98.7% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 388,576 of them was named Fatima, which outranked 14.2% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,751 names at #10,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.