Girls' name · since 1980
Fatemah
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 168 babies named Fatemah, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,607 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Fatemah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 168 have been recorded since 1980.
Fatemah has 168 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2023.
- #21,607 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fatemah ranks #21,607 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,607 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Fatemah's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fatemah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fatemah's full recorded timeline at 1997, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fatemah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2023
- Peak year (2010)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Fatemah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (55 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Fatemah's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Fatemah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 55 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Fatemah's data
- Fatemah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fatemah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1980–2023 (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 Fatemah 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.