Raheemah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-HEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Raheemah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “merciful, compassionate”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Raheemah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Raheema; feminine of Rahim
“merciful, compassionate”
Shares its root with ar-Rahim, 'the Most Merciful', one of the names of God in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Raheema.
Is Raheemah a girl's or a boy's name?
Raheemah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raheemah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Raheemah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Raheemah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Raheemah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Raheemah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Raheemah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Raheemah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruqayyah, Aaliyah, Umaymah, Rufaidah, Sumayyah, Umamah, Aaminah, Aakifah, Nusaybah, Safa, Hibah, Musfirah
Other spellings of Raheemah
Names related to Raheemah
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) 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, “Raheemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raheemah, updated 20 October 2026.