Neema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-EH-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Neema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “grace, blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Neema mean?
Arabic: Swahili neema, from Arabic ni'ma 'blessing'
“grace, blessing”
A Swahili word name, borrowed from Arabic ni'ma, 'blessing, favour'.
Is Neema a girl's or a boy's name?
Neema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Neema, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Neema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Neema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Neema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Neema, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer girls named Neema than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Neema in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Neema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Neema
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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, “Neema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neema, updated 20 October 2026.