Fatou

Meaning: One who weans, abstains, or separates
Origin: Short form of Fatoumata/Fatimata; a West African name related to Fatima (from West African / Sub-Saharan African)

Girl's name · #2968 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Fatou is climbing: on the charts since 1991, it is ranked #2968 in 2025, with about 60 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,200 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Fatou ran about 5× its national rate in New York.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Fatou ranks in other countries and regions.

#350 in France (2025) · #1,066 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,891 in Canada (2024).

Famous Fatous

Fatou Bensouda — Gambian lawyer (born 1961)
Fatou Diome — French-Senegalese writer
Fatou Jallow — Gambian beauty pageant contestant
Fatou Keïta — Ivorian writer
Fatou Jeng — Gambian climate activist (born 1996)

What Fatous become

Among 130 notable people named Fatou:

Sports figures appear 1.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Fatou Tiyana, Gambian athlete (born 1987).

Similar names: Fatoumata · Koda · Faiga · Lou · Aminata · Sequoia

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