Recorded 1991–2025 · United States
Fatuma was most popular in 2013, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,942 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 598 people named Fatuma.
Fatuma first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1991, which makes it about 34 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 30 of the 35 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 598 American births named Fatuma between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 593 are estimated to be alive today.
21 American babies were named Fatuma in 2025, ranking #9,947 that year.
Fatuma is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 25 births a year, against 27 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -9% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Fatuma is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 598 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 593 Americans named Fatuma are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 7 and 18. That is a narrow band because Fatuma is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org