Rema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Rema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “white antelope”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Rema mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rima or Reema; also an Italian name
“white antelope”
Is Rema a girl's or a boy's name?
Rema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rema in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rema in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Rema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Rema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Rema, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Rema in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 208 girls in the US were given Rema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,038, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Rema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,991 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,497 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
Names like Rema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma Anna Georgia Rosa Ada Charlotte Nina Alice Lina Laura Sarah Ruby
Other spellings of Rema
Names related to Rema
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, “Rema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rema, updated 20 October 2026.