Fatuma
Girl · fa-TOO-ma · Arabic
Fatuma is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who weans”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Fatuma mean?
Arabic: East African form of Fatima
“one who weans”
Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is among the most revered women in Islam.
- Say it
- fa-TOO-ma
Is Fatuma a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatuma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fatuma in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fatuma in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Fatuma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Fatuma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Fatuma, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Fatuma than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Fatuma in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fatuma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Fatuma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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