Recorded 1998–2017 Girls' name Peak 2009 93 births

Fatim — girls' name

93 babies named Fatim in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s132000s462010s34
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Fatim was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

9 babies were named Fatim in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Fatim

The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Fatim between 1998 and 2017, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fatim currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fatim performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Fatim shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fatim in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fatim 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 93 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.

Fatim at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

93

Since 1998

20 years of records

Peak year

2009

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1998

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2017

Fatim popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1998

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
45678910 20172013201120092007200320011998 7

Fatim by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
46 births that decade — 49% of Fatim's all-time total
1990s132000s462010s34

Fatim by state

Where Fatim concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Fatim
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 10.8%
New York share of Fatim's total US births 10.8%

10 of 93 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fatim?
93 babies have been named Fatim since 1998. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2009 with 9 births.
When was Fatim most popular?
Fatim was most popular in the 2000s decade with 46 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Fatim most popular?
The top states for the name Fatim are New York (10 births).
How long has the name Fatim been used?
Fatim has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 20 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Fatim?
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, 1998–2017 (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.