Deema
Girl · DEE-ma · Arabic
Deema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gentle, steady rain”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Deema mean?
Arabic: spelling of Dima
“gentle, steady rain”
Arabic dima describes a soft, steady rain that falls without thunder or lightning.
- Say it
- DEE-ma
Is Deema a girl's or a boy's name?
Deema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Deema, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Deema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Deema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Deema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Deema, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer girls named Deema than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Deema in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
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