Rehmat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REH-mat
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #287 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Rehmat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “mercy”. In 2025 it ranked 287th for girls in the UK (169 babies) and 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).
What does Rehmat mean?
Arabic: Urdu and Punjabi form of Arabic rahma
“mercy”
From Arabic rahma, mercy, the same root as Rahman and Rahim, names of God in Islam.
Is Rehmat a girl's or a boy's name?
Rehmat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 169 girls and 11 boys in the UK and 90 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Rehmat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #287among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 895% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 169 girls in the UK were named Rehmat, making it the 287th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. 11 boys were also named Rehmat in 2025 (2,202nd for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rehmat of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Rehmat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 274th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Rehmat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #287 |
| 2024 | 138 | #351 |
| 2023 | 81 | #528 |
| 2022 | 75 | #566 |
| 2021 | 37 | #1,011 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Rehmat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 213% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Rehmat, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. It first appears in the records in 2012. 9 boys were also named Rehmat in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Rehmat of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Rehmat in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rehmat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Rehmat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Nusaybah Hafsa Abeeha Rahma Ayah Zainab Hiba Ruqayyah Irha Ayra Ayzal
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Rehmat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rehmat, updated 20 October 2026.