Faduma — girls' name
246 babies named Faduma in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Faduma was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Faduma in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Faduma
The Social Security Administration has registered 246 babies named Faduma between 1998 and 2021, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faduma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Faduma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Faduma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Faduma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Faduma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 246 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Faduma at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Faduma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1998
- Peak year (2016)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
246 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 17 births in a single year.
Faduma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 113 births that decade — 46% of Faduma's all-time total
Faduma decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Faduma's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Faduma by state
Where Faduma concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 40 | 16.3% |
40 of 246 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 16.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 16.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.