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
Fatimatou's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #16154 among girls.
72 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 8 births in a single year.
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
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (49% of all-time use).
Fatimatou decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Fatimatou by state
Where Fatimatou concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 13.9% |
10 of 72 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~19 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, 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.
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