Shaima
Girl · SHAY-ma · Arabic
Shaima is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Shaima mean?
Arabic: variant of Shayma
Shayma bint al-Harith was the foster sister of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- SHAY-ma
Is Shaima a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaima in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shaima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shaima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Shaima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Shaima, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Shaima in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Shaima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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