Given name

Fahima

Fahima is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Fahima isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Fahima through the years

Babies since 1880
206
0 boys · 206 girls
Most popular year
2014
14 babies
2025
5
#15,660 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−8%
Steady
0246820002025Highest share 20143.1
Fahima in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1997–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,660 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,059 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Fahima’s family of names

Fahima may belong to the same name family as FAHHIMA. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Fahima’s family in the name graph

FahimaFahimahFahıma

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Fahima

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Fahima, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Arabic · Modern

Fatimata

Fatimata is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.

12Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Anyila

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aminna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Arshiya

17Very rareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Aiona

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aaliah

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Aleenah

17Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Anele

12Very rare

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Fahima’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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