Alima
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Alima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “learned, knowing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Alima mean?
Arabic: feminine of Alim
“learned, knowing”
From the Arabic root for knowledge; al-Alim, 'the All-Knowing', is one of the names of God in Islam.
Is Alima a girl's or a boy's name?
Alima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Alima, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Alima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Alima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Alima, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Alima in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Alima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Abeeha Hafsa Amira Hiba Halima Rahma Zainab Safiya Ayah Habiba
Names related to Alima
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alima, updated 20 October 2026.