Fotima — #7175 US girls' name
90 babies named Fotima in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
74% of everyone ever named Fotima was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Fotima in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fotima
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Fotima between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fotima currently holds the #7175 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fotima performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Fotima shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fotima in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fotima 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 90 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.
Fotima at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fotima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #7175 among girls.
90 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 16 births in a single year.
Fotima by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 67 births that decade — 74% of Fotima's all-time total
Fotima decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Fotima's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% 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 | 31.1% |
28 of 90 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 31.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 31.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2012–2024 (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.