Given name
Fatimata
Fatimata is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fatimata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 0 boys · 319 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,763 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,763 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 528 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.
Fatimata’s family of names
In French usage, Fatimata has a conventional equivalent in the English form Fatima.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fatimata
- Fatimata M'Bayejudge in Mauritaniaborn 1955
- Fatimata TouréMalian activistborn 1956
- Fati MarikoNigerien singerborn 1964
- Fatimata Seye SyllaSenegalese politicianborn 1950
- Fatimat Raji-RasakiNigerian politicianborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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