How rare is the name Fatimah?

3,776 people in the United States have the first name Fatimah, about 1 in 79,987. It ranks #4,787 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FATIMAH

#4,787

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,776
About
1 in 79,987
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,776 people named Fatimah, 37.1% reported their origin as Black, 34.5% as White and 17.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fatimah peaked in 2020, when 129 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
129
In 2025*
91 ▼29%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,700 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fatimah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,251. The largest share of babies named Fatimah, 37.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,0166
1960s#8,68455
1970s#4,666247
1980s#3,251539
1990s#3,994552
2000s#4,455662
2010s#3,5111,019
2020s#3,489620
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–809.2%
Millennials 1981–9623.2%
Generation Z 1997–1229.7%
2013 and later37.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fatimah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fatimah has been most common in New Jersey (3.8×), New York (3.6×), and Pennsylvania (2.1×), and least common in Florida (0.52×).

1,935 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Fatimah

1 other first name also has 3,776 people.

#4,787 Bjorn · 3,776

Either side of Fatimah

#4,786 Shruti · 3,778#4,787 Bjorn · 3,776#4,789 Julieann · 3,775#4,790 Gaige · 3,774

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fatimah, most common first.

#861 Fatima · 52,703#4,981 Fatemeh · 3,568#5,314 Fatma · 3,257#6,243 Fatema · 2,587#6,474 Fatuma · 2,479#15,832 Fathima · 721#19,762 Fatime · 531#20,377 Fatina · 508

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