Raheema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-HEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Raheema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “merciful, compassionate”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Raheema mean?
Arabic: feminine of Rahim
“merciful, compassionate”
Shares its root with ar-Rahim, 'the Most Merciful', one of the names of God in Islam.
Is Raheema a girl's or a boy's name?
Raheema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raheema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Raheema, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Raheema than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Raheema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Raheema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Raheema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Raheema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba Faiza Humaira Safia Saba Sabiha Salma Fatma Fariha Nafisa Fatiha Zahara
Other spellings of Raheema
Rahima Raheemah
Names related to Raheema
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raheema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raheema, updated 20 October 2026.