Recorded 1976–2015 Girls' name Peak 1981 174 births

Faten — girls' name

174 babies named Faten in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s281980s661990s622000s122010s6
1980s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Faten was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

14 babies were named Faten in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Faten

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Faten between 1976 and 2015, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Faten currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Faten performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Faten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Faten in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 174 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Faten at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

174

Since 1976

40 years of records

Peak year

1981

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1976

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2015

Faten popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1976

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1981)
14
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
46810121416 201519991994199119881984198119781976 7

Faten by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
66 births that decade — 38% of Faten's all-time total
1970s281980s661990s622000s122010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Faten?
174 babies have been named Faten since 1976. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1981 with 14 births.
When was Faten most popular?
Faten was most popular in the 1980s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
How long has the name Faten been used?
Faten has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 40 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Faten?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Fatima, Fatimah, Fatoumata, Fatou, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.