How rare is the name Fatoumata?

3,759 people in the United States have the first name Fatoumata, about 1 in 80,349. It ranks #4,804 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FATOUMATA

#4,804

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,759
About
1 in 80,349
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,759 people named Fatoumata, 96.9% reported their origin as Black, 1.2% as two or more races and 1.1% as White. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fatoumata peaked in 2024, when 121 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19912025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
121
In 2025*
95 ▼21%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,537 babies have been given the name since 1991. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fatoumata by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,628. The largest share of babies named Fatoumata, 48.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#5,836316
2000s#3,803826
2010s#4,058814
2020s#3,628581
Millennials 1981–966.3%
Generation Z 1997–1248.6%
2013 and later45.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fatoumata is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fatoumata has been most common in New York (9.9×), Georgia (2.4×), and Maryland (2.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.8×).

1,794 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Fatoumata

1 other first name also has 3,759 people.

#4,804 Marcell · 3,759

Either side of Fatoumata

#4,802 Vi · 3,761#4,803 Sabra · 3,760#4,804 Marcell · 3,759#4,806 Kadyn · 3,758

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fatoumata, most common first.

#9,912 Fatmata · 1,373#19,838 Fatimata · 528#28,814 Fatumata · 310

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