Unisex name · since 1977
Femi
Femi has 51 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Femi is the #13585 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 51 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Femi has been recorded 51 times among girls since 1977, currently ranked #13585 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #34,777 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,585 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 51 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Femi ranks #34,777 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,585 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 51 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Femi's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Femi compares
51 16th 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
Femi's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Femi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 51 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Femi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Femi's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Femi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Femi popularity over time - boys
32 total births recorded since 1985 (Femi as boys' name)
Femi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Femi's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Femi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (43% of all-time use).
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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, 1977–2025 (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 Femi 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.