Fathima

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Fathima: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #716 in 2007, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#716highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1958
1998	#1392
1999	#1261
2000	#993
2001	#1025
2002	#938
2003	#1083
2004	#840
2005	#851
2006	#1386
2007	#716
2008	#972
2009	#916
2010	#946
2011	#894
2012	#934
2013	#1128
2014	#963
2015	#1549
2016	#994
2017	#1411
2018	#1711
2019	#1497
2020	#1773
2021	#2499
2022	#1948
2023	#1705
2024	#2253

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 #1112 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: #716 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Fathima 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 Fathima in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	53	4 of 10	13
2000s	284	10 of 10	28
2010sbusiest	300	10 of 10	30
2020s	69	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 29, from 18 to 47.

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

Fathima 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: #716 in England and Wales in 2007.

Fathima'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#994	36	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1128	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#934	39	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#894	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#946	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#916	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#972	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#716	47	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#851	33	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1025	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	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 #716, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 47 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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 →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
47births registered in its largest year, 200725 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.

Fatemeh · #336, 39y
Fathia · #576, 11y
Fatih · #2419, 13y
Fatiha · #885, 28y

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.

Beck · #716, 28y
Teejay · #716, 29y
Faizah · #717, 29y
Falak · #717, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Beck · #716, 28y
Damaris · #716, 26y
Eman · #716, 30y
Siana · #716, 29y

Fathima was ranked #716 in England and Wales · Girls in 2007. 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.

Fathima 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 Fathima without appearing here.

Fathima moved ahead of

Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #3695.
Pamela Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2499 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #3148.
Jordan Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2499 and #1866 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #2888.
Belinda Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1083 and #909 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #840 and #1715.

Moved ahead of Fathima

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1773 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #851 and #951 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #456.
Mila Compare
In 2005 they stood at #851 and #931 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #649.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1773 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Fathima

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Fathima

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fathima went from #1112 to #2253 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: #716 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fathima

Fathima at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fathima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fathima appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Fathima at a glance

Fathima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fathima

Fathima and the names beside it

Fathima moved ahead of

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