Rahmah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAH-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Rahmah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “mercy, compassion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Rahmah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rahma
“mercy, compassion”
A spelling of Rahma, from the Arabic word for mercy and compassion.
Is Rahmah a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahmah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rahmah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Rahmah, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rahmah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 girls in the UK were given Rahmah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #406, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
- Rahma 90
- Rahmah 24
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Rahmah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
How popular is Rahmah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Rahmah, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rahmah of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Rahmah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 105 girls in the US were given Rahmah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,637, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
- Rahma 82
- Rahmah 23
Rahmah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Rahmah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Nusaybah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Ayah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Izzah, Sumayyah, Safaa, Hiba, Aaminah
Other spellings of Rahmah
Names related to Rahmah
Rahima, Rama, Raheema, Ramiah, Ramiyah, Rahimah, Ramah, Ramyah
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, “Rahmah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rahmah, updated 20 October 2026.