Fathima
Girl · FAT-i-ma · Arabic
Fathima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies).
What does Fathima mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fatima
“one who abstains”
Spelling of Fatima common in South India and Sri Lanka.
- Say it
- FAT-i-ma
Is Fathima a girl's or a boy's name?
Fathima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fathima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Fathima, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 48 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fathima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. 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 Fathima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #69, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Fathima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 36 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 39 | #1,002 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 37 | #962 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 48 | #754 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 33 | #900 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Fathima in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Fathima in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fathima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Names like Fathima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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