Fatimah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAT-i-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #342 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,064 for girls
Fatimah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 342nd for girls in the UK (140 babies) and 2,064th for girls in the US (91 babies).
What does Fatimah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fatima
“one who abstains”
Fuller transliteration of Fatima, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter.
Is Fatimah a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatimah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 140 girls in the UK and 91 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fatimah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 342nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 140 about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 140 girls in the UK were named Fatimah, making it the 342nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 327th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 187 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Fatimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 818 girls in the UK were given Fatimah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #69, up from #342 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 329th in England and Wales and 359th in Scotland.
Fatimah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140 | #342 |
| 2024 | 128 | #377 |
| 2023 | 127 | #371 |
| 2022 | 124 | #388 |
| 2021 | 152 | #344 |
| 2020 | 152 | #327 |
| 2019 | 135 | #361 |
| 2018 | 149 | #346 |
| 2017 | 187 | #290 |
| 2016 | 159 | #336 |
| 2015 | 144 | #355 |
| 2014 | 137 | #368 |
| 2013 | 155 | #334 |
| 2012 | 139 | #383 |
| 2011 | 138 | #372 |
| 2010 | 126 | #396 |
| 2009 | 129 | #378 |
| 2008 | 101 | #456 |
| 2007 | 106 | #430 |
| 2006 | 98 | #452 |
| 2005 | 70 | #531 |
| 2004 | 96 | #416 |
| 2003 | 62 | #553 |
| 2002 | 79 | #453 |
| 2001 | 54 | #578 |
| 2000 | 55 | #563 |
| 1999 | 52 | #588 |
| 1998 | 41 | #668 |
| 1997 | 42 | #670 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Fatimah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,064th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 91 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were named Fatimah, making it the 2,064th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,616th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Fatimah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,040 girls in the US were given Fatimah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #325, up from #2,064 for this spelling alone.
Fatimah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #2,064 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 102 | #1,934 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,731 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,980 |
| 2020 | 129 | #1,616 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,850 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 116 | #1,785 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 99 | #1,973 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 76 | #2,240 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 73 | #1,918 |
| 1992 | 68 | #2,005 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 49 | #2,269 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,049 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,584 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,700 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,863 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,915 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,307 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
Names like Fatimah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Zainab, Nusaybah, Sumayyah, Ayah, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Hiba, Khadija, Farah, Hafsa
Other spellings of Fatimah
Names related to Fatimah
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), 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, “Fatimah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fatimah, updated 20 October 2026.