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.

#28,015 of 72,339
all-time among girls
92
born since 1916
2020s
peak 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.

  • #28,015 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 92 born since 1916
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fama ranks #28,015 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.

#28,015 of 72,339
all-time among girls
92
born since 1916
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Fama's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

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 popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2022

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2020)
11
Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
4681012 19161919192319302006201820212022 5

Fama by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 25% of the file).

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (25% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 archive ordinal is #28,015 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 11 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
Where does Fama sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fama ranks #28,015 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
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.

Keep exploring Fama

Nearby Names Like Fama

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Fama

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Fama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 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).

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 August 2026.