Naimah

Girl · na-EE-ma · Arabic

Naimah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessed, living in comfort”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).

What does Naimah mean?

Arabic: spelling of Naima

“blessed, living in comfort”

From the same Arabic root as na'im, 'bliss', used in the Qur'anic phrase Gardens of Bliss for paradise.

Say it: na-EE-ma

Meaning borrowed from Naima.

Is Naimah a girl's or a boy's name?

Naimah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Naimah in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #4,935among girls
Babies in 2025: 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Naimah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 23 girls.

Half of all the girls named Naimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were given Naimah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,274, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Naima 12
Naeema 6
Naimah 4

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 23 in 20062025

Naimah in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	4	#4,935
2024	5	#4,253
2023	4	#4,915
2022	5	#4,168
2021	3	#5,824
2020	3	#5,734
2019	4	#4,904
2018	6	#3,702
2017	4	#4,967
2016	5	#4,290
2015	9	#2,855
2014	5	#4,187
2013	4	#4,953
2012	11	#2,463
2011	13	#2,152
2010	16	#1,829
2009	19	#1,556
2008	12	#2,156
2007	16	#1,694
2006	23	#1,229
2005	13	#1,807
2004	22	#1,154
2003	22	#1,125
2002	17	#1,280
2001	18	#1,204
2000	19	#1,137
1999	16	#1,298
1998	13	#1,505
1997	16	#1,278
1996	16	#1,244

How popular is Naimah in the US?

Rank in 2025: #6,115among girls
Babies in 2025: 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 44% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Naimah, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.

Half of all the girls named Naimah in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Naimah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.

Naima 94
Naimah 19
Naeema 7

1976Busiest: 77 in 20112025

Naimah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	19	#6,115
2024	17	#6,639
2023	21	#5,747
2022	23	#5,462
2021	17	#6,686
2020	26	#4,878
2019	28	#4,772
2018	48	#3,292
2017	26	#5,043
2016	29	#4,733
2015	26	#5,125
2014	38	#3,923
2013	34	#4,241
2012	47	#3,418
2011	77	#2,395
2010	58	#2,937
2009	60	#2,891
2008	72	#2,584
2007	61	#2,930
2006	47	#3,413
2005	74	#2,375
2004	25	#5,058
2003	29	#4,413
2002	28	#4,377
2001	25	#4,683
2000	21	#5,307
1999	36	#3,440
1998	32	#3,645
1997	19	#5,224
1996	26	#4,054
1995	27	#3,873
1994	17	#5,440
1993	24	#4,252
1992	29	#3,674
1991	14	#6,247
1990	20	#4,689
1989	16	#5,280
1988	16	#5,060
1987	15	#5,069
1986	28	#3,201
1985	20	#3,982
1984	26	#3,232
1983	27	#3,064
1982	28	#3,092
1981	36	#2,563
1980	41	#2,342
1979	48	#2,088
1978	46	#2,050
1977	51	#1,922
1976	42	#2,060

Names like Naimah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aaliyah Nusaybah Safa Sumayyah Zainab Farah Ruqayyah Aaminah Safiya Hibah Ayah Aakifah

Other spellings of Naimah

Naima Naeema

Names related to Naimah

Niamh Nimah Nahima Naeemah Namiah Namiyah

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