Girls' name · since 2006

Fatimatou

72 babies named Fatimatou in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#30,784 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,154 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
72
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade

Fatimatou currently ranks #16154 among girls' names in America, with 72 babies recorded since 2006.

Fatimatou has 72 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16154 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.

  • #30,784 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,154 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 72 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fatimatou ranks #30,784 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,154 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#30,784 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,154 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
72
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%6.6%
Fatimatou vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Fatimatou's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Fatimatou compares

72 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Fatimatou's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Fatimatou Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 72 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Fatimatou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Fatimatou's full recorded timeline at 2019, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Fatimatou popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
8
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
456789 200620102011201520162017201920202021202220242025 5

Fatimatou by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (35 births, 49% of the file).

2010s was Fatimatou's strongest decade.

35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.

Fatimatou births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (49% of all-time use).

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

Fatimatou by state

Where Fatimatou concentrates geographically, total births since 2006

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Fatimatou
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 13.9%
New York share of Fatimatou's total US births 13.9%

10 of 72 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fatimatou?
72 babies have been named Fatimatou since 2006. All-time, it sits at #30,784 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #16,154 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2006 with 8 births.
Where does Fatimatou sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fatimatou ranks #30,784 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,154 of 17,297 among girls' 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 Fatimatou most popular?
Fatimatou was most popular in the 2010s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Fatimatou most popular?
The top states for the name Fatimatou are New York (10 births).
How long has the name Fatimatou been used?
Fatimatou has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 20 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Fatimatou?
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.

What to do with Fatimatou's data

  • Fatimatou's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Fatimatous (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

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

Keep exploring Fatimatou

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Fatimatou: 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, 2006–2025 (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 Fatimatou 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.