Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fatou through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,223
- 0 boys · 1,223 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 56
- #2,968 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 56 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,968 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,402 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fatou’s family of names
In Greek usage, Fatou as a surname is a transliteration of Φατού.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Fatou
- Fatou BensoudaGambian lawyer and judge, Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (2012–2021)born 1961
- Fatou DiomeFrench-Senegalese writerborn 1968
- Fatou JallowGambian beauty pageant contestantborn 1996
- Fatou KeïtaIvorian writerborn 1955
- Fatou N'DiayeFrench actressborn 1980
- Fatou JengGambian climate activist,focused on education, conservation and planting treesborn 1996
- Fatou DjiboNigerien feminist1927–2016
- Fatou BaldehGambian human rights activist and women's rights activistborn 1983
- Fatou Kandé SenghorSenegalese artist, filmmaker and photographerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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