Niema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-ma
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Niema is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Niema come from?
Perhaps a variant of Naima or Nima
Is Niema a girl's or a boy's name?
Niema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Niema, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Niema in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Niema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Niema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayla, Layla, Gianna, Tessa, Nia, Jayla, Amira, Kayla, Samantha, Alyssa, Amina, Zaira
Names related to Niema
Sources
Figures from 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, “Niema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niema, updated 20 October 2026.