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How popular is the name Rahima?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rahimas are alive today.

Rahima (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4201st in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 30 babies were given the name, the 770th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2006, with 26 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 17% of its peak.

The Rahima you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Rahimas born in England and Wales are between 16 and 30, and there are at least 620 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rahima - on average, only one in every 509 such rooms contains a Rahima.

How many babies are named Rahima each year?

0102030200020201996: 211997: 301998: 261999: 112000: 302001: 252002: 242003: 262004: 302005: 222006: 262007: 202008: 142009: 142010: 132011: 212012: 182013: 162014: 132015: 132016: 42017: 142018: 122020: 62021: 62022: 72023: 42024: 52025: 5actual

Where does Rahima rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 9741997: ranked 7701998: ranked 8461999: ranked 1,5572000: ranked 7642001: ranked 8982002: ranked 9382003: ranked 9332004: ranked 8832005: ranked 1,1212006: ranked 1,0522007: ranked 1,3372008: ranked 1,8152009: ranked 1,8372010: ranked 1,9932011: ranked 1,4382012: ranked 1,6492013: ranked 1,7742014: ranked 2,0582015: ranked 2,0702016: ranked 4,7632017: ranked 1,9952018: ranked 2,1872020: ranked 3,4472021: ranked 3,5192022: ranked 3,1492023: ranked 4,7102024: ranked 4,1932025: ranked 4,201

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Rahima per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 30 in 1997
Rahima: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rahima most popular?

Rahima peaked in 1997, when 30 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Rahima?

At least 620 people named Rahima born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rahima?

Most living Rahimas are between 16 and 30; the most common age is about 23.

Is Rahima becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.






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