babyNamedHalimatou
“gentle, patient, forgiving”
Girl’s name, of Arabic origin. Lire en français
- most given girl’s name in France
- 1,760th
- births in 2023–2025
- 55
- babies born in France
- 1 in 33,333
- babies a year
- ≈ 18
- peak year
- 2025
Meaning and origin of Halimatou
Halimatou means “gentle, patient, forgiving” and is of Arabic origin.
Popularity of Halimatou in France since 1986
- It peaked in 2025.
- With about 18 babies a year, Halimatou is too rare for a reliable trend: INSEE rounds each year to 5.
- In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Halimatou every 132 schools, all spellings combined.
Halimatou in English-speaking countries
- United StatesSSA · 2023-25
11 babies in 3 years1 girl in 439,276
Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Ontario (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.
Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.
Same sound, other spellings
- Alimatou15
Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.
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