Total births
92
Girls' name · since 1916
Fama
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.
- 92
- total births
- 1916–2022
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
Fama is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 92 have been recorded since 1916.
Fama has 92 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2022.
- 92 total births
- 1916–2022 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 25% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
92 girls have been named Fama since 1916, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2022.
- 92
- total births
- 1916–2022
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
25% of everyone ever named Fama was born in this single decade.
2020
Single peak year
11 babies were named Fama in 2020 - its busiest year on record.
Fama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Fama splits its recorded history at 2001: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Fama at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
2020
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1916
Fama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2022
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Fama by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Fama's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Fama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
20 births
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (25% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Fama? ▼
Fama has been given to 92 babies in the U.S. since 1916, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 11 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
When was Fama most popular? ▼
Fama was most popular in the 2020s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Fama been used? ▼
Records for Fama go back to 1916, giving 107 years of history through 2022.
What names are similar to Fama? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Famie, Fame. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Fama: Baby Name Since 1916 - 92 Births, Peak 2020." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/fama. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Fama draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.