Fatoumata
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fah-too-MAH-ta
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,002 for girls
Fatoumata is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,002nd for girls in the US (95 babies).
What does Fatoumata mean?
Arabic: West African form of Fatima
“one who abstains”
Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is deeply revered across the Muslim world.
Is Fatoumata a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatoumata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 95 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fatoumata in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Fatoumata, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fatoumata in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Fatoumata or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Fatoumata 8
- Fatoumatta 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Fatoumata in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Fatoumata in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,002among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were named Fatoumata, making it the 2,002nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Fatoumata in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fatoumata in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #2,002 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,890 |
| 2022 | 96 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 81 | #2,266 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 94 | #2,084 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 82 | #2,259 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 104 | #1,909 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 83 | #2,337 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 82 | #2,328 |
| 2006 | 95 | #2,069 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 84 | #2,133 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,966 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
Nicknames for Fatoumata
- Fatou 4 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Fatoumata
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Aaliyah Hiba Zainab Rahma Amira Abeeha Khadija Ayah Safiya Halima
Other spellings of Fatoumata
Fatoumatta
Names related to Fatoumata
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima 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, “Fatoumata: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fatoumata, updated 20 October 2026.