Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Fatoumata isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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
Fatoumata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,537
- 0 boys · 2,537 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 121 babies
- 2025
- 95
- #2,007 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 95 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,007 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.0% 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 (39). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,759 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.
Fatoumata’s family of names
Fatoumata may belong to the same name family as FATOUMATTA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fatoumata
- Fatoumata DiawaraMalian musician and actressborn 1982
- Fatoumata CoulibalyMalian activist and actressborn 1950
- Fatoumata TambajangGambian politician and activistborn 1949
- Fatumata Djau BaldéMinister of Guinea Bassauborn 1964
- Fatoumata Dembélé DiarraMalian judge and lawyerborn 1949
- Fatoumata KébéFrench astrophysicist and educatorborn 1985
- Fatoumata BagayokoMalian basketball player (born 1988)
- Fatoumata CamaraGuinean amateur wrestlerborn 1996
- Fatoumata Binta DialloPortuguese hurdlerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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