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Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

FatimaIn Hebrew: פאטמה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: פַאטְמָה

Fatima (Hebrew: פאטמה) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 16,575 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 152 girls and ranked #129. Its peak year was 2003, with 296 babies.

People in Israel
16,575
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
152
rank #129
Peak year
2003
296 babies
USA, 2025
931
rank #330

Writing and saying Fatima

In Hebrew letters the name is פאטמה, read right to left. Fatima is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Fatima by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Fatima: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Fatima in English-speaking countries

Fatima in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025931#3302006 (1,515)
United Kingdom2025624#812024 (648)
England and Wales2025598#792024 (619)
Scotland202526#1572025 (26)
Ireland202522#1992018 (23)
British Columbia20238#3992014 (14)
Alberta202537#982024 (39)
Quebec202533#1712017 (44)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Fatima has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Fatima

How do you write Fatima in Hebrew?

Fatima is written פאטמה in Hebrew (with vowel points: פַאטְמָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Fatima?

16,575 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פאטמה: 16,564 women and 11 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Fatima a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.9% of the people named פאטמה are women.

Is Fatima used outside Israel?

The name Fatima appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 931 girls were given it in 2025 (#330), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 624 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.