Fatuma
Fatuma was the 5785th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 4101st with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 438 places. More babies were named Fatuma in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,785 girls, up 1,545 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 21girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201336 babies
- Total since 1880
- 598babies recorded
Fatuma popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2020 | #7,330 | 15 |
| 2010 | #4,648 | 31 |
| 2000 | #8,763 | 11 |
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How popular is Fatuma, counting every spelling?
Fatuma has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Fatuma?
21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Fatuma (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Fatuma born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Fatuma.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Fatuma?
About 600 people born in the US named Fatuma are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 18. That makes Fatuma mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Fatuma by state
How common Fatuma was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Fatuma
How popular is the name Fatuma?
Fatuma was the 5785th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 4101st with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 438 places. More babies were named Fatuma in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Fatuma a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Fatuma in the US.
Where is Fatuma most popular?
In 2021–2025, Fatuma was most common in Kentucky (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Ohio.