Fatema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAT-i-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Fatema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Fatema mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fatima
“one who abstains”
Spelling of Fatima, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter.
Is Fatema a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fatema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Fatema, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fatema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 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 Fatema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #69, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Fatema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 32 | #910 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 22 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Fatema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Fatema, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Fatema than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Fatema in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,040 girls in the US were given Fatema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #325, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Fatema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Fatema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Hiba Hafsa Halima Faiza Zainab Safiya Khadija Amira Rahma Fatiha
Other spellings of Fatema
Names related to Fatema
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fatema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fatema, updated 20 October 2026.