Rima
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Rima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “white antelope”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Rima mean?
Arabic: from rim, the white antelope
“white antelope”
From Arabic rim, the slender white antelope that is a classical image of grace in Arabic poetry.
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Is Rima a girl's or a boy's name?
Rima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Rima, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were given Rima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #904, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Rima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Rima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Rima, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1927.
2025 had more girls named Rima than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Rima in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 208 girls in the US were given Rima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,038, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
Rima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
Names like Rima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima Zara Francesca Lara Robyn Jessica Lyla Athena Mia Myla Zoe Mila
Other spellings of Rima
Names related to Rima
More Arabic names
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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, “Rima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rima, updated 20 October 2026.