Rehema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- reh-HEH-mah
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Rehema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “compassion, mercy”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Rehema mean?
Arabic: Swahili, from Arabic rahma
“compassion, mercy”
The Swahili form of Arabic rahma, 'mercy', a long-established name in East Africa.
Is Rehema a girl's or a boy's name?
Rehema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rehema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Rehema, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Rehema in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rehema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Rehema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zahara, Rahma, Amira, Aaliyah, Raha, Rumaysa, Hafsa, Zamira, Abeeha, Safiya, Samira
Names related to Rehema
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Rehema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rehema, updated 20 October 2026.