# Fatima (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fatima/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɑ.ti.mə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 38,991 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46 / 38,945 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,710, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic فَاطِمَة (fāṭima). The name Fatima is from the Arabic root f-t-m (lit. 'to wean') and signifies the Shia belief that she, her progeny, and her adherents (Shi'a) have been spared from hellfire. Alternatively, the word Fatima is associated in Shia sources with Fatir (lit. 'creator', a name of God) as the earthly symbol of the divine creative power.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,129 | 281 |
| 2012 | 1,057 | 303 |
| 2013 | 1,037 | 310 |
| 2014 | 1,013 | 331 |
| 2015 | 1,042 | 312 |
| 2016 | 1,069 | 306 |
| 2017 | 1,038 | 314 |
| 2018 | 917 | 345 |
| 2019 | 980 | 327 |
| 2020 | 908 | 342 |
| 2021 | 824 | 380 |
| 2022 | 905 | 352 |
| 2023 | 895 | 344 |
| 2024 | 974 | 316 |
| 2025 | 931 | 330 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | 6,647 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,285 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,549 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8,137 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,117 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,749 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,390 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,956 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 479 | 122 |
| 2012 | 506 | 113 |
| 2013 | 484 | 112 |
| 2014 | 562 | 102 |
| 2015 | 495 | 118 |
| 2016 | 479 | 122 |
| 2017 | 499 | 110 |
| 2018 | 449 | 121 |
| 2019 | 472 | 108 |
| 2020 | 483 | 104 |
| 2021 | 397 | 130 |
| 2022 | 497 | 99 |
| 2023 | 550 | 85 |
| 2024 | 619 | 76 |
| 2025 | 598 | 79 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: فَاطِمَة
- Chinese: 法蒂瑪 /法蒂玛
- French: Fatimata
- Hindi: फ़ातिमा
- Indonesian: Fatimah
- Portuguese: Fátima
- Russian: Фатима́
- Spanish: Fátima
- Turkish: Fatma, Fadime

## People named Fatima

- Fatima, daughter of Muhammad (c. 605–632)
- Fatima Whitbread, British athlete; former javelin thrower
- Fatimah bint Asad, Companion and aunt of Muhammad
- Fātima bint Mūsā, Daughter of the Seventh Twelver Imam
- Fátima Ptacek, American actress
- Fatima Aziz, Afghan physician and politician
- Fatima Moreira de Melo, former Dutch field hockey and poker player
- Fátima de Madrid, Andalusian astronomer
- Fatima Payman, Australian politician (born 1995)
- Fátima Veiga, Cape Verdean politician and diplomat (* 1957)
- Fatima Naoot, Egyptian poet and translator
- Fátima Pinto, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.