Rumaysa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-MAY-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #576 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Rumaysa is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 576th for girls in the UK (74 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Rumaysa mean?
Arabic
In a well-known hadith the Prophet Muhammad saw Rumaysa, the companion Umm Sulaym, in Paradise.
Is Rumaysa a girl's or a boy's name?
Rumaysa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rumaysa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the UK were named Rumaysa, making it the 576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 615th.
2025 had the most girls named Rumaysa of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Rumaysa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 164 girls in the UK were given Rumaysa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #316, up from #576 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 538th in England and Wales.
Rumaysa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #576 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 62 | #661 |
| 2021 | 65 | #644 |
| 2020 | 68 | #615 |
| 2019 | 64 | #663 |
| 2018 | 65 | #679 |
| 2017 | 70 | #654 |
| 2016 | 70 | #656 |
| 2015 | 66 | #670 |
| 2014 | 62 | #699 |
| 2013 | 48 | #848 |
| 2012 | 44 | #919 |
| 2011 | 43 | #903 |
| 2010 | 37 | #989 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 31 | #1,064 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 33 | #955 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Rumaysa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Rumaysa, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Rumaysa of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Rumaysa in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were given Rumaysa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,038, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
Rumaysa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
Names like Rumaysa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Rahma Ruqayyah Hafsa Nusaybah Hiba Safiya Zainab Aaliyah Halima Sumayyah
Other spellings of Rumaysa
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Rumaysa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rumaysa, updated 20 October 2026.