Faatimah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAT-i-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Faatimah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Faatimah 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 Faatimah a girl's or a boy's name?
Faatimah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faatimah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Faatimah, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 30 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Faatimah than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Faatimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. 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 Faatimah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #69, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Faatimah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,167 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,330 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Faatimah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Sumayyah Farah Safa Ruqayyah Umaymah Umamah Zainab Nusaybah Aaminah Hibah Safiya
Other spellings of Faatimah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Faatimah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faatimah, updated 20 October 2026.