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Rahima

100% girls · 10 born in 2025

Rahima has been given to about 210 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2015, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 208
Median age today11 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Rahima per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2015 · 15
  • Born in 202510
  • All time210
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Rahima?

Its best year was 2015, when 15 babies were given the name, ranking 7907th. The typical living American called Rahima is about 11 years old today.

Names that sound like Rahima

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Fatima0.75
  2. Naima0.75
  3. Raina0.69
  4. Rayna0.61
  5. Raya0.61
  6. Alma0.57
  7. Paloma0.57
  8. Salma0.57

Middle names for Rahima

Ranked by flow score
  1. Rahima Louise0.85
  2. Rahima June0.84
  3. Rahima Pearl0.84
  4. Rahima Quinn0.84
  5. Rahima Nell0.84
  6. Rahima Wren0.83

Sibling names for Rahima

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Hazielbrother · 0.82
  2. Bryerbrother · 0.82
  3. Jahmirbrother · 0.82
  4. Keziahsister · 0.81
  5. Maisysister · 0.81
  6. Ayaneither · 0.81

Where Rahima is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Rahima White0.80
    2. Rahima Nguyen0.80
    3. Rahima Moore0.80
    4. Rahima Lee0.80
    5. Rahima Hill0.80
    6. Rahima Green0.80

    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 Rahima

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.