Fatima
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning one who abstains; daughter of the prophet muhammad.
How Fatima has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #312 |
| 2016 | #306 |
| 2017 | #315 |
| 2018 | #345 |
| 2019 | #326 |
| 2020 | #342 |
| 2021 | #378 |
| 2022 | #352 |
| 2023 | #344 |
| 2024 | #316 |
| 2025 | #330 |
Fatima by the numbers
In 2025, 598 babies in England and Wales were named Fatima. In the US, 1,031 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,515 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,400 American girls born that year was called Fatima.
Names that come from Fatima
Forms of Fatima in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Fatouone who abstains; a form of Fatima44 in the US (2017)
- Fatimataone who abstains; a form of Fatima11 in the US (2017)
- Fatima form of Fatima; one who abstains7 in the US (2017)
- Fatimazahraa form of Fatima; the luminous one7 in the US (2017)
- Fatmataa form of Fatima; one who abstains3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatumataa form of Fatima; one who abstains7 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Fatima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Fatimahone who abstains; shining one131 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatemathe one who abstains; variant of Fatima21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatihathe opening; the first chapter of the Quran20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatmaone who abstains; a form of Fatimah19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatumaone who abstains; a form of Fatima18 in the US (2017)
- Fathimaone who abstains; a form of Fatima14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Fatima
Names that are said the same way as Fatima, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Fatima, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Fatima
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