Fama — girls' name
92 babies named Fama in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Fama was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Fama in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fama
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Fama between 1916 and 2022, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fama currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fama performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Fama shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fama 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 92 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.
Fama at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1916
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
92 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 11 births in a single year.
Fama by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 23 births that decade — 25% of Fama's all-time total
Fama decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Fama's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–2022 (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.