Arsema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-SEH-ma
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Arsema is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Arsema mean?
Ethiopian and Eritrean Christian name
Honours Saint Arsema, a virgin martyr venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Is Arsema a girl's or a boy's name?
Arsema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arsema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,642nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Arsema, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Arsema of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Arsema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Arsema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Arsema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Arsema, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Arsema in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arsema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Arsema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Ayra, Abeeha, Safa, Amara, Anaya, Amaya, Liyana, Ayla, Khadija, Aiza, Hafsa
Names related to Arsema
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, “Arsema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arsema, updated 20 October 2026.