Fatimah

girls:

3.5k births since 1959

#2908 (49th percentile)

overall:

3.5k births since 1959

#4605 (40th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Fatimah is the #4,605 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,527 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 40.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,908 (49.1% percentile) for all time with 3,527 births since 1959.

Fatimah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (first recorded for girls in 1959). Birth data for Fatimah is available in 63 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Fatimah reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 13.2% percentile (ranked #816) with 73 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 73 births per million (ranked 13.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Fatimah ranks #850 for girls (10.3% percentile) with 58 births per million, which is 79.9% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fatimah".

1959 2023 19592023

Key Statistics

Total Births
3,527
Peak Births
129
Peak Year
2020
First Recorded
1959
Peak Percentile
13.2%
Current Percentile
10.3%
Peak Rank
#816
Current Rank
#850
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Fatimah

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Fatimah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 32.6% confident that Fatimah is pronounced as FAH-tih-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is fuh-TEE-muh, at 21.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.

FA-thih-muh (3 syllables)
Verified
13.0% confidence
F AE1 TH IH0 M AH0
FUH-tee-muh (3 syllables)
8.7% confidence
F AH1 T IY0 M AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like F AA1 T IH0 M AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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