Fatima sits comfortably in the UK charts at #79 in 2025 — recognisable but not overwhelming. Your child may occasionally share their name.
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UK Rank 2025
#79
US Rank #330
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About the Name Fatima
2024 marks Fatima's peak year in UK records so far, sitting at UK #76. The name has climbed 28 places in the last five years โ a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It has broken into the UK top 100 on 3 occasions, signalling genuine mainstream interest.
Fatima is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Fatima on the register.
In the US it sits at #316 โ notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
โญ Famous People Named Fatima
Fatima Payman โ Fatima Payman is an Afghan-born Australian politician who has served as a senator for Western Australia since 2022, first for the Labor Party and then as an independent, before launching her own political party โ Australia's Voice โ in October 2024.
Fatima Tihihit โ Fatima Banou, also known as Raissa Tihihit Mzzin (Little Tihihit), is a Moroccan singer in the Amazigh Tachelhit dialect.
Fatima Jinnah โ Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and activist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Fatima
Unlikely. With around 598 UK babies named Fatima per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Fatima in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Fatima has been fairly steady, ranked #79 in 2025 against #104 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #76 in 2024.
Fatima is more popular in the UK (#76) than in the US (#316). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Fatima include: Fatima Payman, Fatima Tihihit and Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi. Short summaries for each appear below.
Fatima appears in the US top 500 at #316 in 2024 โ moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
598
UK babies named Fatima (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.3
In a school of 600
↑ 25 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Fatima
Almost certainly the only Fatima in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Fatima
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Fatima Payman is an Afghan-born Australian politician who has served as a senator for Western Australia since 2022, first for the Labor Party and then as an independent, before launching her own political party โ Australia's Voice โ in October 2024.
Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi was the third wife of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and inaugural president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiyya (Arabic: ูุงุทู ุฉ ุจูุช ู ุญู ุฏ ุงูููุฑูุฉ ุงููุฑุดูุฉ), known in shorter form as Fatima al-Fihriya or Fatima al-Fihri, was an Arab woman who is credited with founding the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque in 857โ859 CE in Fez, Morocco.
The Fatima Masumeh Shrine (Persian: ุญุฑู ูุงุทู ู ู ุนุตูู ู, IPA: [hรฆหษพรฆme fษหteหmeje mรฆสsuหหme]; Arabic: ุงูุนุชุจุฉ ุงููุงุทู ูุฉ) is the mausoleum of Fatima bint Musa, located in Qom, Iran.
Burial of Fatima is about the secret burial and the uncertainty in the resting place of Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and wife of Ali, the fourth caliph after Muhammad and the first Shia Imam.