Fatima Girl
How popular is Fatima?
#330 girl name in 2025
931 baby girls were named Fatima in the US in 2025, making it the 330th most popular girl name.
Fatima popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #330 for girls (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 931 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #312 in 2015, #342 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (1,515 girls) |
| Highest rank | #227 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Fatima counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Fatima family of names ranked #317 for girls in 2025 (#316 the year before), with 1,022 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fatima | 931 | 91% |
| Fatimah | 91 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Fatima is most popular
Babies named Fatima per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 1.4 per 1,000 (574 girls)
- Michigan: 1.2 per 1,000 (218 girls)
- Minnesota: 1.0 per 1,000 (112 girls)
- Maryland: 1.0 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- Washington: 1.0 per 1,000 (144 girls)
Fatima by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,680 |
| 1930s | 62 | #2,729 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,844 |
| 1950s | 281 | #1,559 |
| 1960s | 565 | #1,190 |
| 1970s | 1,484 | #745 |
| 1980s | 2,433 | #659 |
| 1990s | 4,434 | #382 |
| 2000s | 13,601 | #227 |
| 2010s | 10,495 | #272 |
| 2020s | 5,437 | #316 |
Girl names about as popular as Fatima
Questions
- Is Fatima a boy or girl name?
- Fatima is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Fatima were girls.
- How popular is the name Fatima?
- 931 baby girls were named Fatima in the US in 2025, making it the 330th most popular girl name.
- When was Fatima most popular?
- Fatima peaked in 2006, when 1,515 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #227 in 2001.
- How many people are named Fatima?
- 38,991 babies have been named Fatima in the US since 1880. We estimate about 38,348 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Fatima most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Fatima was most common in New York, at 1.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.