Fatou

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fatou: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fatou: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,535 in 2004, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1535highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#2226
2002	#2540
2003	#2191
2004	#1535
2005	#1589
2006	#2137
2007	#1854
2008	#2150
2009	#2326
2010	#1815
2011	#2893
2012	#2095
2013	#1707
2014	#3514
2015	#1961
2016	#2757
2017	#1911
2018	#2499
2019	#3151
2020	#2615
2022	#2178
2023	#2346
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Fatou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fatou in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	4 of 10	4
2000s	96	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	40	4 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Fatou appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1535 in England and Wales in 2004.

Fatou's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,535, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Callista · #1535, 23y
Gwenno · #1535, 29y
Tanay · #1534, 25y
Ila · #1537, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Callista · #1535, 23y
Gwenno · #1535, 29y
Kenji · #1534, 21y
Marcellus · #1534, 19y

Fatou and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fatou without appearing here.

Fatou moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #5707.
Finley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #5730.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #5730.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Fatou

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1707 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #1436.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #2458.

Moved the opposite way to Fatou

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatou went from #1535 to #3015 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatou went from #3795 to #1961 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatou went from #3795 to #2095 while Vicki went from #848 to #5876.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatou went from #1815 to #3015 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1535 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fatou

Fatou at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fatou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fatou appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Fatou at a glance

Fatou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fatou appears in

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Fatou and the names beside it

Fatou moved ahead of

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