NameTides

Fatou

Fatou was the #2,957 girls' name in the US in 2025 (56 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Fatou as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Fatou as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Fatou as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,957 (56)#4,867 (4)#1,315 (19)
2024#2,976 (55)#3,016 (8)#1,348 (18)
2023#3,476 (45)#2,346 (11)#1,108 (22)
2022#3,827 (39)#2,178 (12)#1,313 (18)
2021#4,607 (29)—#1,185 (21)
2020#3,778 (38)#2,615 (9)#1,662 (13)
2019#4,546 (30)#3,151 (7)#2,374 (8)
2018#3,853 (38)#2,499 (10)#1,440 (16)
2017#3,479 (44)#1,911 (15)#1,673 (13)
2016#3,411 (46)#2,757 (9)#1,399 (17)
2015#3,842 (39)#1,961 (14)#1,202 (20)
2014#5,310 (25)#3,514 (6)#1,229 (20)
2013#6,017 (21)#1,707 (17)#918 (29)
2012#4,707 (30)#2,095 (13)#1,410 (17)
2011#4,072 (36)#2,893 (8)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,957.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Fatou is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fatou by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Fatou (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7745

Fatou (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FatouCanadaGirls#1,31519
FatouEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
FatouUSGirls#2,95756