Rida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Rida is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “contentment, approval”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Rida mean?
Arabic
“contentment, approval”
From Arabic rida, contentment or satisfaction, used especially of God's approval in Islamic texts.
Is Rida a girl's or a boy's name?
Rida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 17 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Rida in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Rida, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 44 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 83% of the babies named Rida in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Rida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2011 | 44 | #887 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 40 | #912 |
| 2008 | 38 | #929 |
| 2007 | 34 | #963 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 29 | #982 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Rida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Rida, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1928. 6 boys were also named Rida in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Rida in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2020, 84% of the babies named Rida in the US were girls.
Rida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
Names like Rida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Rida
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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, “Rida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rida, updated 20 October 2026.