Fahima
Fahima is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Fahima
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fahima is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Fahima
American parents first put Fahima on the record books as a baby girl name in 1997, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 14 Fahimas were born — ranking #8,053 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 43% of all recorded Fahimas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 201 Fahimas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Fahima
Fahima is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 201 births in the dataset. Fahima's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #8,053. Use the chart and map above to compare Fahima's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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