Faatima
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAT-i-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Faatima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Faatima mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fatima
“one who abstains”
Borne by Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and wife of Ali, who is deeply revered in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Fatima. More on Wiktionary.
Is Faatima a girl's or a boy's name?
Faatima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faatima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Faatima, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Faatima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 818 girls in the UK were given Faatima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #69, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Faatima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Faatima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Aaliyah Hafsa Hiba Zainab Amira Rahma Fatiha Safiya Nusaybah Khadija
Other spellings of Faatima
Names related to Faatima
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Faatima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faatima, updated 20 October 2026.