Rahima
Girl · ra-HEE-ma · Arabic
Rahima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “compassionate, merciful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Rahima mean?
Arabic: feminine of Rahim
“compassionate, merciful”
Ar-Rahim, 'the Most Merciful', is one of the names of God in Islam.
- Say it
- ra-HEE-ma
Is Rahima a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rahima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Rahima, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 30 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rahima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. 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 Rahima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Rahima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 30 | #949 |
| 2003 | 27 | #965 |
| 2002 | 25 | #990 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 30 | #832 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 30 | #840 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Rahima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Rahima, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Rahima in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rahima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
Names like Rahima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Rahma Abeeha Hafsa Rumaysa Ruqayyah Aaliyah Hiba Halima Habiba Humaira Safiya
Other spellings of Rahima
Raheema Raheemah
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