Reema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Reema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “white gazelle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Reema mean?
Arabic: variant of Reem; also used in India
“white gazelle”
A variant of Reem, from the Arabic word for the white gazelle.
Is Reema a girl's or a boy's name?
Reema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Reema, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 26 girls.
2025 had more girls named Reema than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Reema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were given Reema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #904, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Reema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 26 | #918 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Reema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,167th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Reema, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had more girls named Reema than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Reema in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 208 girls in the US were given Reema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,038, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Reema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Names like Reema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Rahma, Hiba, Hafsa, Zainab, Huda, Faiza, Saba, Halima, Khadija, Ayah, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Reema
Names related to Reema
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, “Reema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reema, updated 20 October 2026.