Recorded 1994–2020 Girls' name Peak 2005 84 births

Fahmida — girls' name

84 babies named Fahmida in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s272000s422010s102020s5
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Fahmida was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

9 babies were named Fahmida in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Fahmida

The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Fahmida between 1994 and 2020, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fahmida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fahmida performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fahmida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fahmida in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fahmida 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 84 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.

Fahmida at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

84

Since 1994

27 years of records

Peak year

2005

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1994

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2020

Fahmida popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1994

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2005)
9
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
45678910 20202011200620042000199819951994 6

Fahmida by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
42 births that decade — 50% of Fahmida's all-time total
1990s272000s422010s102020s5

Fahmida by state

Where Fahmida concentrates geographically — total births since 1994

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Fahmida
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
16 19.0%
New York share of Fahmida's total US births 19.0%

16 of 84 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fahmida?
84 babies have been named Fahmida since 1994. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2005 with 9 births.
When was Fahmida most popular?
Fahmida was most popular in the 2000s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Fahmida most popular?
The top states for the name Fahmida are New York (16 births).
How long has the name Fahmida been used?
Fahmida has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 27 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Fahmida?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Fahima, Fahren, Faheemah, Fahtima, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1994–2020 (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.