Fatima

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Fatima, also spelled Fatimah, is a female given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including, most famously, his daughter Fatimah bint Muhammad.

From Wikipedia

Fatima first appears in the data in 1919 and has been recorded in 99 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 1,515 babies (rank #228 that year). In 2024 it was given to 972 girls (rank #316). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Fatima

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Fatima yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

38,052
Total babies (all years)
99
Years in the data
1,515
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19196#4,453
19215#5,387
19245#5,357
19275#5,061
19297#3,809
19307#3,791
19317#3,617
19326#4,067
19335#4,439
19356#3,916
19366#3,849
19376#3,957
193810#2,792
19399#2,992
19409#3,040
19416#4,114
19425#4,858
194311#2,915
194410#3,002
194512#2,645
194611#3,096
194723#2,057
194811#3,208
194927#1,854
195017#2,473
195119#2,338
195238#1,565
195320#2,384
195438#1,651
195536#1,745
195622#2,410
195726#2,184
195834#1,884
195931#2,031
196043#1,731
196124#2,490
196259#1,445
196351#1,583
196447#1,692
196553#1,533
196645#1,677
196774#1,243
196881#1,213
196988#1,191
197091#1,229
197197#1,181
1972107#1,075
1973149#862
1974151#863
1975193#746
1976156#868
1977158#899
1978171#859
1979210#766
1980211#782
1981223#741
1982244#711
1983203#785
1984246#683
1985225#759
1986225#767
1987268#689
1988293#659
1989294#689
1990362#620
1991324#668
1992360#629
1993421#565
1994402#571
1995385#591
1996422#552
1997495#501
1998512#496
1999750#382
20001,316#242
20011,407#227
20021,288#246
20031,354#241
20041,198#273
20051,422#236
20061,515#228
20071,512#234
20081,391#249
20091,198#275
20101,213#272
20111,129#281
20121,057#303
20131,037#309
20141,013#331
20151,042#312
20161,068#306
20171,037#314
2018916#345
2019980#327
2020908#342
2021824#378
2022905#352
2023895#344
2024972#316