Fatou
Fatou is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 55 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 550.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 202455 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1991
- 1,167people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,167 girls have been named Fatou in the United States since 1991, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 55 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2000s alone account for 37%.
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Fatou was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Fatou
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fatoumatapeak 2024
- Salmapeak 1999
- Zariapeak 2000
- Delaneypeak 2004
- Nourpeak 2008
- Sarahipeak 2005
- Emanipeak 2019
- Anayelipeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.