Rahma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAH-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #493 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,239 for girls
Rahma is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “mercy, compassion”. In 2025 it ranked 493rd for girls in the UK (90 babies) and 2,239th for girls in the US (82 babies).
What does Rahma mean?
Arabic
“mercy, compassion”
From the Arabic rahma, mercy, which shares its root with al-Rahman and al-Rahim, names of God.
Is Rahma a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 girls in the UK and 82 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rahma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #493among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the UK were named Rahma, making it the 493rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 720th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rahma of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Rahma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 girls in the UK were given Rahma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #406, up from #493 for this spelling alone.
- Rahma 90
- Rahmah 24
Among girls in 2025, it was 460th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Rahma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #493 |
| 2024 | 70 | #604 |
| 2023 | 61 | #654 |
| 2022 | 42 | #902 |
| 2021 | 43 | #890 |
| 2020 | 56 | #720 |
| 2019 | 69 | #628 |
| 2018 | 53 | #793 |
| 2017 | 55 | #784 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 48 | #854 |
| 2014 | 47 | #874 |
| 2013 | 50 | #816 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 49 | #810 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 36 | #963 |
| 2007 | 39 | #880 |
| 2006 | 46 | #744 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Rahma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,239among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 82about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were named Rahma, making it the 2,239th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,500th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Rahma in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 105 girls in the US were given Rahma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,637, up from #2,239 for this spelling alone.
- Rahma 82
- Rahmah 23
Rahma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #2,239 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,248 |
| 2023 | 83 | #2,244 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,510 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,500 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,538 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,404 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 97 | #2,033 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,431 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Rahma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Huda Abeeha Ayah Ruqayyah Safaa Aaliyah Rumaysa Safiya
Other spellings of Rahma
Names related to Rahma
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, “Rahma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rahma, updated 20 October 2026.