Rhema
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- REE-ma
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,758 for girls
Rhema is a name of Greek origin, meaning “word, utterance”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,758th for girls in the US (115 babies).
What does Rhema mean?
Greek: New Testament Greek rhema
“word, utterance”
A Greek word used in the New Testament for a spoken word, taken up in Christian teaching for a word from God.
Is Rhema a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rhema has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 9 boys in the UK and 115 girls in the US.
How popular is Rhema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Rhema, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 girls. 9 boys were also named Rhema in 2025 (2,511th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Rhema than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Rhema in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were given Rhema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #904, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 59% of the babies named Rhema in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Rhema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Rhema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,758among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 115about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 105% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 115 girls in the US were named Rhema, making it the 1,758th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,966th. It first appears in the records in 1981.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rhema of any year since it first appeared, in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Rhema in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 208 girls in the US were given Rhema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,038, up from #1,758 for this spelling alone.
Rhema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | #1,758 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,966 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
Names like Rhema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Rahma Hiba Ayra Zainab Ayla Raya Amira Khadija Ayah Aiza
Other spellings of Rhema
Names related to Rhema
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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, “Rhema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhema, updated 20 October 2026.