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Fatimah

Fatimah means “to separate, to cut something from another” (Arabic origin). 3,700 US babies since 1940, peak 2020.

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What it means

“to separate, to cut something from another”

ArabicWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2020

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

3,700 US babies were named Fatimah between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Fatimah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 12 Fatimas spell it Fatimah

  • Fatima 86%
  • Fatimah 8%
  • Fatema 2%
  • Fatma 2%
  • Fatuma 1%
  • Fatemah <1%
  • Faatimah <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2020)