Rumaisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-MAY-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #741 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Rumaisa is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Rumaisa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rumaysa
A spelling of Rumaysa, a name of Umm Sulaym, the companion of the Prophet and mother of Anas ibn Malik.
Is Rumaisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Rumaisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rumaisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 741st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Rumaisa, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 59 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Rumaisa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Rumaisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 164 girls in the UK were given Rumaisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #316, up from #741 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 684th in England and Wales.
Rumaisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #741 |
| 2024 | 50 | #810 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 59 | #679 |
| 2019 | 53 | #778 |
| 2018 | 42 | #942 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 39 | #999 |
| 2015 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Rumaisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Rumaisa, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Rumaisa in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were given Rumaisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,038, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
Rumaisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Rumaisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Rahma, Hafsa, Ruqayyah, Nusaybah, Hiba, Safiya, Aaliyah, Zainab, Amira, Halima
Other spellings of Rumaisa
Names related to Rumaisa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Rumaisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rumaisa, updated 20 October 2026.