Muslima
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MOOS-lee-mah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Muslima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who submits to God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Muslima mean?
Arabic: feminine of Muslim
“one who submits to God”
Feminine form of Muslim, the Arabic word for one who submits to God.
Is Muslima a girl's or a boy's name?
Muslima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muslima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Muslima, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Muslima than any year since 2009.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Muslima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Muslima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Muslima, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Muslima in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muslima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Muslima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Hafsa, Rahma, Rumaysa, Humaira, Halima, Habiba, Hiba, Safiya, Ruqayyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Muslima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muslima, updated 20 October 2026.