Girls' name · since 2012
Fotima
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 97 babies named Fotima, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,857 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fotima currently ranks #12857 among girls' names in America, with 97 babies recorded since 2012.
Fotima has 97 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12857 as of the latest data, more common than 26% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #27,425 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,857 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fotima ranks #27,425 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,857 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 97 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,857 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fotima's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% 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 Fotima compares
97 24th 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
Fotima's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fotima | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fotima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fotima's full recorded timeline at 2021, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fotima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Fotima by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (74 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Fotima's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Fotima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 74 births (76% of all-time use).
Fotima by state
Where Fotima concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 28 | 28.9% |
28 of 97 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Fotimas (28 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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Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Fotima 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.