Today, Fantasia is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #13999), with only about 7 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2004, 167 babies were given the name (ranked #1280 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Fantasia's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,815 babies have been registered as Fantasia since 1880.