Fatima
Girl · FAT-i-ma · Arabic
Fatima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 81st for girls in the UK (624 babies) and 330th for girls in the US (931 babies).
What does Fatima mean?
Arabic
“one who abstains”
Borne by Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and wife of Ali, who is deeply revered in Islam.
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- FAT-i-ma
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Is Fatima a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 624 girls in the UK and 931 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fatima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #81among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 624about 1 in 450 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 624 girls in the UK were named Fatima, making it the 81st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 109th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 648 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fatima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 818 girls in the UK were given Fatima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #69, up from #81 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 79th in England and Wales and 157th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#77).
Fatima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 624 | #81 |
| 2024 | 648 | #82 |
| 2023 | 574 | #93 |
| 2022 | 521 | #108 |
| 2021 | 413 | #140 |
| 2020 | 497 | #109 |
| 2019 | 487 | #118 |
| 2018 | 469 | #127 |
| 2017 | 511 | #121 |
| 2016 | 495 | #130 |
| 2015 | 515 | #124 |
| 2014 | 584 | #108 |
| 2013 | 506 | #126 |
| 2012 | 517 | #123 |
| 2011 | 489 | #128 |
| 2010 | 444 | #141 |
| 2009 | 420 | #149 |
| 2008 | 442 | #136 |
| 2007 | 398 | #157 |
| 2006 | 340 | #179 |
| 2005 | 314 | #185 |
| 2004 | 288 | #188 |
| 2003 | 282 | #190 |
| 2002 | 228 | #214 |
| 2001 | 190 | #239 |
| 2000 | 204 | #235 |
| 1999 | 175 | #257 |
| 1998 | 176 | #259 |
| 1997 | 196 | #234 |
| 1996 | 157 | #266 |
How popular is Fatima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #330among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 931about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 931 girls in the US were named Fatima, making it the 330th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 342nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,515 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Fatima in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,040 girls in the US were given Fatima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #325, up from #330 for this spelling alone.
Fatima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 931 | #330 |
| 2024 | 974 | #316 |
| 2023 | 895 | #344 |
| 2022 | 905 | #351 |
| 2021 | 824 | #380 |
| 2020 | 908 | #342 |
| 2019 | 980 | #326 |
| 2018 | 917 | #345 |
| 2017 | 1,038 | #314 |
| 2016 | 1,069 | #306 |
| 2015 | 1,042 | #312 |
| 2014 | 1,013 | #330 |
| 2013 | 1,037 | #308 |
| 2012 | 1,057 | #303 |
| 2011 | 1,129 | #281 |
| 2010 | 1,213 | #272 |
| 2009 | 1,198 | #274 |
| 2008 | 1,391 | #249 |
| 2007 | 1,512 | #234 |
| 2006 | 1,515 | #228 |
| 2005 | 1,422 | #236 |
| 2004 | 1,198 | #273 |
| 2003 | 1,354 | #241 |
| 2002 | 1,287 | #247 |
| 2001 | 1,408 | #227 |
| 2000 | 1,316 | #242 |
| 1999 | 750 | #382 |
| 1998 | 512 | #495 |
| 1997 | 495 | #501 |
| 1996 | 422 | #552 |
| 1995 | 385 | #591 |
| 1994 | 403 | #571 |
| 1993 | 421 | #565 |
| 1992 | 360 | #628 |
| 1991 | 324 | #668 |
| 1990 | 362 | #619 |
| 1989 | 294 | #687 |
| 1988 | 293 | #659 |
| 1987 | 268 | #689 |
| 1986 | 225 | #766 |
| 1985 | 225 | #758 |
| 1984 | 246 | #683 |
| 1983 | 203 | #785 |
| 1982 | 245 | #708 |
| 1981 | 223 | #741 |
| 1980 | 211 | #782 |
| 1979 | 210 | #765 |
| 1978 | 171 | #858 |
| 1977 | 158 | #898 |
| 1976 | 157 | #866 |
| 1975 | 193 | #745 |
| 1974 | 151 | #863 |
| 1973 | 149 | #862 |
| 1972 | 107 | #1,073 |
| 1971 | 97 | #1,176 |
| 1970 | 91 | #1,224 |
| 1969 | 88 | #1,190 |
| 1968 | 81 | #1,210 |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,239 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,669 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,528 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,686 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,444 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,724 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,871 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,647 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,559 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,044 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
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