Ridha
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ri-DAA
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ridha is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “contentment, approval”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ridha mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rida
“contentment, approval”
Al-Rida is the title of Ali ibn Musa, the eighth Shia imam, whose shrine stands in Mashhad, Iran.
Is Ridha a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ridha has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Ridha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 129% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ridha, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 9 girls. 3 boys were also named Ridha in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ridha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ridha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Ridha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Ridha, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had more girls named Ridha than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ridha in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ridha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Ridha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Risha, Kridha, Radhika, Krisha, Saanvika, Hanvika, Isha, Dhyana, Shreeja, Nishtha
Names related to Ridha
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, “Ridha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ridha, updated 20 October 2026.