Girls' name · since 1981
Fateema
25 babies named Fateema in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fateema is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25 have been recorded since 1981.
Fateema has 25 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2005.
- #43,119 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fateema ranks #43,119 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #43,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fateema's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fateema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fateema's full recorded timeline at 1987, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births.
Fateema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2005
- Peak year (1981)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Fateema by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15 births, 60% of the file).
1980s was Fateema's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Fateema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Fateema's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fateema: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
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, 1981–2005 (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 Fateema 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.