Boys' name · since 2002

Fateh

603 babies named Fateh in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#7,050 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#2,825 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
603
born since 2002
2020s
peak decade

Fateh currently ranks #2825 among boys' names in America, with 603 babies recorded since 2002.

Fateh has 603 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2825 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of boys, 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 2002 to 2025.

  • #7,050 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #2,825 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 603 born since 2002
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fateh ranks #7,050 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,825 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 603 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.

#7,050 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#2,825 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
603
born since 2002
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%79.7%
Fateh vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Fateh's 603 recorded births place it above 84.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

5 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Fateh compares

603 Top 41% higher than 59% of 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Fateh's all-time total is 63% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Fateh Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 603 369 358,536
Peak-year births 67 34 22,252

Fateh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Fateh's full recorded timeline at 2017, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 67 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Fateh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
67
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
020406080 2002201120142017202020232025 45

Fateh by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (307 births, 51% of the file).

2020s was Fateh's strongest decade.

307 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.

Fateh births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 307 births (51% of all-time use).

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

How Fateh compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Fateh's total volume

Fateh vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -17, 10.4%-42, 6.1%-34, 6.5%-55, 5%-53, 4%-58, 6.3%-142, 3.6%-14, 17.8%-27, 7%-14, 12.1%-53, 6%-106, 5%-45, 5.3%-51, 3.8%-113, 3.3%Fateh-24, 11.1%Fateh
Fateh vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Fateh by state

Where Fateh concentrates geographically, total births since 2002

Regionally concentrated
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Fateh
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
261 43.3%
#2 New York
35 5.8%
#3 Washington
11 1.8%
#4 Indiana
7 1.2%
#5 Texas
5 0.8%
California share of Fateh's total US births 43.3%
Even split

261 of 603 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fateh?
603 babies have been named Fateh since 2002. All-time, it sits at #7,050 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #2,825 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2024 with 67 births.
Where does Fateh sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fateh ranks #7,050 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,825 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Fateh most popular?
Fateh was most popular in the 2020s decade with 307 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Fateh most popular?
The top states for the name Fateh are California (261 births), New York (35 births), Washington (11 births).
How long has the name Fateh been used?
The SSA has tracked Fateh since 2002 -- 24 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Fateh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Fate, Fatih, Fatima, Fatehveer, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Fateh's data

  • California records the most Fatehs (261 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Fateh: 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, 2002–2025 (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 Fateh 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.