Is Fatou a boy or girl name?

Fatou is a girl’s name. Of the 1,223 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Fatou

Recorded 1991–2025 · United States

Fatou was most popular in 2025, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,203 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,203, with 56 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,223 people named Fatou.

Fatou over time

Births per year. The dot marks Fatou’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Fatou a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Fatou is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,223 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.

Names that peaked alongside Fatou

Where Fatou is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 9.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org