Rahima

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rahima: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rahima: Recorded since 1996, it reached #764 in 2000, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#764highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#974
1997	#770
1998	#846
1999	#1557
2000	#764
2001	#898
2002	#938
2003	#933
2004	#883
2005	#1121
2006	#1052
2007	#1337
2008	#1815
2009	#1837
2010	#1993
2011	#1438
2012	#1649
2013	#1774
2014	#2058
2015	#2070
2016	#4763
2017	#1995
2018	#2187
2020	#3447
2021	#3519
2022	#3148
2023	#4709
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #974 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #764 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rahima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rahima in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	88	4 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	231	10 of 10	23
2010s	124	9 of 10	14
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rahima appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in England and Wales in 2000.

Rahima's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#898	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#764	30	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#846	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#770	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#974	21	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #764, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
30births registered in its largest year, 199725 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rahil · #1078, 29y
Rahim · #553, 30y
Rahma · #424, 45y
Rahmah · #1353, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abubakr · #765, 29y
Anwen · #763, 29y
Khadeejah · #766, 29y
Mehreen · #766, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-Leigh · #764, 15y
Bryanna · #764, 22y
Clarisse · #764, 19y
Eliezer · #764, 29y

Rahima was ranked #764 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rahima and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rahima without appearing here.

Rahima moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4763 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1995 and #4063.
Tyler Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1995 and #4063.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Tracey Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #3985.

Moved ahead of Rahima

Mona Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2070 and #2195 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #1749.
Janet Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.

Moved the opposite way to Rahima

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rahima

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahima went from #974 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rahima

Rahima at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rahima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rahima appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rahima at a glance

Rahima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Names published alongside Rahima

Rahima and the names beside it

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