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Girl name

Alimah

100% girls · last recorded 2023

Alimah has been registered 103 times in England and Wales since 1996. It does not appear in the American record, which publishes only names given to five or more babies in a year.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Nicknames—
Recorded in England & Wales103
Born in 2025—

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Alimah per year · Office for National Statistics (England & Wales)
19962025
  • Peak year2004 · 7
  • Born in 20250
  • All time103

How popular is Alimah?

Alimah has not been registered in England and Wales since 2023. Its best year was 2004, with 7 registrations. The name is absent from American records, so there is no US curve to compare it against.

Names that sound like Alimah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aliyah0.88
  2. Aliah0.88
  3. Aaliyah0.81
  4. Dalilah0.79
  5. Maliyah0.76
  6. Kaliyah0.76
  7. Jaliyah0.76
  8. Aniyah0.75

Middle names for Alimah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Alimah Eve0.86
  2. Alimah Rose0.83
  3. Alimah Louise0.83
  4. Alimah June0.82
  5. Alimah Pearl0.82
  6. Alimah Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Alimah

Names registered alongside it, on a 30-year window
  1. Imaneither · 0.79
  2. Lilisister · 0.78
  3. Chiarasister · 0.77
  4. Jacbrother · 0.77
  5. Haroonbrother · 0.77
  6. Jeremybrother · 0.77

In the British record

England and Wales, 1996–2025
  1. First recorded1997
  2. Peak year2004 · 7
  3. Years recorded22 of 30
  4. All time103

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Alimah White0.78
  2. Alimah Reyes0.78
  3. Alimah Nguyen0.78
  4. Alimah Moore0.78
  5. Alimah Lee0.78
  6. Alimah Green0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Alimah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. England & Wales1996–2025

Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names for England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scores on this page are explained in the methodology.