NameTides

Fatimah

Fatimah was the #2,064 girls' name in the US in 2025 (91 babies), and #329 in England & Wales and #834 in Canada.

Fatimah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Fatimah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Fatimah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,064 (91)#329 (131)#359 (9)—#834 (34)
2024#2,303 (80)#363 (120)#384 (8)—#917 (30)
2023#1,934 (102)#356 (119)#395 (8)#856 (3)#1,108 (22)
2022#1,731 (120)#347 (123)—#905 (3)#882 (30)
2021#1,980 (98)#324 (147)#558 (5)—#877 (32)
2020#1,616 (129)#310 (149)#765 (3)—#693 (41)
2019#1,850 (109)#345 (129)#493 (6)#716 (4)#787 (36)
2018#1,830 (111)#336 (144)#583 (5)—#1,062 (24)
2017#1,804 (115)#267 (184)#808 (3)#873 (3)#907 (30)
2016#1,785 (116)#323 (154)#585 (5)#661 (5)#794 (35)
2015#1,894 (107)#334 (140)#653 (4)#751 (4)#1,267 (19)
2014#1,908 (105)#344 (133)#681 (4)—#1,035 (25)
2013#2,064 (93)#306 (152)#816 (3)—#1,021 (25)
2012#1,973 (99)#360 (134)#580 (5)#907 (3)#1,350 (18)
2011#2,190 (86)#354 (135)#810 (3)—#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,616.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Fatimah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fatimah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Fatimah (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#70817

Fatimah (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
FatimahCanadaGirls#83434
FatimahEngland & WalesGirls#329131
FatimahIrelandGirls—too few
FatimahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FatimahScotlandGirls#3599
FatimahUSGirls#2,06491