Nimah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Nimah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessing, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Nimah mean?
Arabic: from Arabic nima
“blessing, favour”
From Arabic nima 'blessing, favour', a word used often in the Quran for God's gifts.
Is Nimah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nimah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nimah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Nimah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nimah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Nimah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Nimah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nimah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Nimah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Ayah Zainab Aaliyah Hafsa Sumayyah Hiba Farah Ruqayyah Izzah Rahma
Names related to Nimah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Nimah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nimah, updated 20 October 2026.