Rumaysah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-MAY-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Rumaysah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Rumaysah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rumaysa
A spelling of Rumaysa, a name of Umm Sulaym, the early Muslim woman whose son Anas ibn Malik served the Prophet.
Is Rumaysah a girl's or a boy's name?
Rumaysah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rumaysah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Rumaysah, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rumaysah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 164 girls in the UK were given Rumaysah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #316, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Rumaysah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Rumaysah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Nusaybah Safa Ruqayyah Zainab Ayah Sumayyah Aaminah Umaymah Rahma Abeeha Safiya
Other spellings of Rumaysah
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rumaysah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rumaysah, updated 20 October 2026.