Fatiha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAH-ti-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Fatiha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the opening”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Fatiha mean?
Arabic
“the opening”
Al-Fatiha, the opening, is the first chapter of the Quran and is recited in every prayer.
Is Fatiha a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatiha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fatiha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Fatiha, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fatiha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Fatiha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Fatiha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Fatiha, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Fatiha in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fatiha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Fatiha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Hafsa Nusaybah Rahma Hiba Rumaysa Safiya Zainab Ruqayyah Halima Aaliyah
Names related to Fatiha
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Fatiha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fatiha, updated 20 October 2026.