Zaima
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-EE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Zaima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “leader”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Zaima mean?
Arabic: feminine of zaim
“leader”
Is Zaima a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 280% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Zaima, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zaima than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zaima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Zaima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
Names like Zaima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Abeeha Safiya Rahma Aaliyah Zaha Zahara Halima Nusaybah
Names related to Zaima
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, “Zaima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaima, updated 20 October 2026.