Fatima

Fatima was the #330 girls' name in the US in 2025 (931 babies), and #79 in England & Wales and #119 in Canada.

Fatima as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Fatima as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandIrelandUS
Fatima as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#330 (931)#79 (598)#157 (26)—#196 (22)#119 (229)
2024#316 (974)#76 (619)#184 (22)#227 (7)#275 (15)#96 (252)
2023#344 (895)#85 (550)#173 (24)—#221 (19)#127 (202)
2022#351 (905)#99 (497)#179 (24)—#237 (18)#139 (191)
2021#380 (824)#130 (397)#245 (16)—#270 (16)#206 (147)
2020#342 (908)#104 (483)#313 (11)#397 (3)#315 (13)#137 (188)
2019#326 (980)#108 (472)#258 (15)—#395 (10)#157 (180)
2018#345 (917)#121 (449)#234 (17)#434 (3)#211 (23)#152 (190)
2017#314 (1,038)#110 (499)#304 (12)—#471 (8)#134 (214)
2016#306 (1,069)#122 (479)#262 (16)—#236 (20)#178 (178)
2015#312 (1,042)#118 (495)#213 (20)—#345 (14)#146 (207)
2014#330 (1,013)#102 (562)#212 (22)—#304 (16)#146 (215)
2013#308 (1,037)#112 (484)#203 (22)—#273 (18)#195 (172)
2012#303 (1,057)#113 (506)#426 (8)#451 (3)#295 (17)#169 (193)
2011#281 (1,129)#122 (479)#363 (10)—#359 (13)#175 (184)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #228.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1919.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 420common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 690common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 960common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 650common

Next year

On its recent trend, Fatima is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fatima by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #263WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #241MNIllinois: #221ILMichigan: #149MINew York: #113NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #577INOhio: #401OHPennsylvania: #443PANew Jersey: #246NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #275CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #427NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #278TXFlorida: #531FL
Fatima (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#72127
Quebec2025#17133

Fatima (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FatimaCanadaGirls#119229
FatimaEngland & WalesGirls#79598
FatimaIrelandGirls#19622
FatimaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FatimaScotlandGirls#15726
FatimaUSGirls#330931
FatimaUSBoys—too few