Fatema

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fatema: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fatema: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #840 in 2004, and it stood at #1,262 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#840highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#869
1997	#1234
1998	#955
1999	#1107
2000	#1475
2001	#992
2002	#1442
2003	#996
2004	#840
2005	#1589
2006	#1153
2007	#1234
2008	#1516
2009	#1139
2010	#1257
2011	#1903
2012	#1428
2013	#3160
2014	#1628
2015	#1405
2016	#2233
2017	#2201
2018	#1887
2019	#2170
2020	#1846
2021	#3961
2022	#1501
2023	#1705
2024	#1262

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #869 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #840 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Fatema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fatema in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	80	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	206	10 of 10	21
2010s	160	10 of 10	16
2020s	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Fatema appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #840 in England and Wales in 2004.

Fatema's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1405	23	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1139	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #840, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,262position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 200425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Fathia · #576, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anees · #840, 25y
Kinza · #840, 29y
Zacharia · #840, 29y
Zacharias · #840, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anees · #840, 25y
Kinza · #840, 29y
Zacharia · #840, 29y
Zacharias · #840, 29y

Fatema was ranked #840 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Fatema and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fatema without appearing here.

Fatema moved ahead of

Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1501 and #4645.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1628 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #4535.
Suzanne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #2942 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1501 and #3970.

Moved ahead of Fatema

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Clodagh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1405 and #1961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #1370.
Eileen Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1887 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #1316.
Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1257 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1903 and #1067.

Moved the opposite way to Fatema

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Fatema

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fatema went from #869 to #1262 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #840 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fatema

Fatema at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fatema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Fatema at a glance

Fatema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fatema appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fatema

Fatema and the names beside it

Fatema moved ahead of

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