Recorded 1997–2020 Girls' name Peak 2008 33 births

Fatouma — girls' name

33 babies named Fatouma in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s62010s162020s6
2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Fatouma was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

6 babies were named Fatouma in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Fatouma

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Fatouma between 1997 and 2020, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fatouma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fatouma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fatouma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fatouma 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 33 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.

Fatouma at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

33

Since 1997

24 years of records

Peak year

2008

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1997

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2020

Fatouma popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1997

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2008)
6
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
4.555.566.5 202020192016201420081997 5

Fatouma by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
16 births that decade — 48% of Fatouma's all-time total
1990s52000s62010s162020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fatouma?
33 babies have been named Fatouma since 1997. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2008 with 6 births.
When was Fatouma most popular?
Fatouma was most popular in the 2010s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Fatouma been used?
Fatouma has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 24 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Fatouma?
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, 1997–2020 (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.