Recorded 1993–2020 Unisex name Peak 2020 36 births

Fathi — boys' name

36 babies named Fathi in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s152010s52020s6
2000s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Fathi was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

6 babies were named Fathi in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Fathi

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Fathi between 1993 and 2020, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fathi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Fathi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fathi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fathi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fathi 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 36 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.

Fathi at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

36

Since 1993

28 years of records

Peak year

2020

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1993

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2020

Fathi popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1993

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2020)
6
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
4.555.566.5 2020201220052003200019961993 5

Fathi popularity over time — girls

15 total births recorded since 2015 (Fathi as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 15 births
6.577.588.5 20182015 7

Fathi by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
15 births that decade — 42% of Fathi's all-time total
1990s102000s152010s52020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fathi?
36 babies have been named Fathi since 1993. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2020 with 6 births.
When was Fathi most popular?
Fathi was most popular in the 2000s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Is Fathi a unisex name?
Yes, Fathi is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 36 births, and as a girl's name it has 15 births.
How long has the name Fathi been used?
Fathi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 28 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Fathi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Fate, Fateh, Fatih, Fatima, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1993–2020 (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.