Rahma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rahma: Recorded since 1969, it reached #424 in 2006, and it stood at #583 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
72times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#424highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#1666
1998	#1259
1999	#1160
2000	#1313
2001	#816
2002	#1151
2003	#1026
2004	#985
2005	#890
2006	#704
2007	#854
2008	#899
2009	#1171
2010	#758
2011	#789
2012	#916
2013	#772
2014	#832
2015	#794
2016	#994
2017	#771
2018	#755
2019	#590
2020	#683
2021	#840
2022	#839
2023	#647
2024	#583

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 37 of the 53 years from 1969 to 2021.

In 2024: #583 among girls in England and Wales, #790 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #576 among girls in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1969–2021
Highest recorded position: #424 among girls in Norway, in 2006 (recorded 1969–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #583 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rahma appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 209 births with the name.

Rahma across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rahma's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#576 (1969)	#424 (2006)	#491 (2021)	37 of 53	209 (1969–2021)	9 (1983)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#583 (2024)	#583 (2024)	29 of 29	1,079 (1996–2024)	67 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#550 (2006)	#550 (2006)	#750 (2016)	5 of 11	20 (2006–2016)	5 (2006)

Rahma by decade in Norway · 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 Rahma in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	9	2 of 10	5
1980s	57	9 of 10	6
1990s	39	8 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	43	6 of 10	7
2010s	53	10 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Rahma appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #424 in Norway in 2006.

Rahma'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	#583	67	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#647	56	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#839	42	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#840	42	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#590	67	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#755	52	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#771	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#994	36	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#794	48	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#832	46	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#772	50	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#789	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#758	48	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#899	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#854	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#704	44	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#890	31	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#985	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1026	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1151	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#816	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#491	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#488	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#438	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#545	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#566	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#496	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#506	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#547	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#556	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#573	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#466	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#424	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#493	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#441	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#630	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#574	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#580	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#542	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#650	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#595	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#566	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#677	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#501	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#639	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#626	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#570	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#456	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#621	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#425	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#662	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#534	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#639	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#570	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #424, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 55 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Rahim · #553, 30y
Rahima · #764, 28y
Rahmah · #1353, 23y
Rahman · #1447, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Salah · #433, 50y
Safia · #381, 44y
Boris · #374, 48y
Juliana · #366, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dorothea · #425, 31y
Huda · #421, 43y
Zeinab · #413, 43y
Kristel · #407, 33y

Rahma was ranked #424 in Norway · Girls in 2006. 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.

Rahma 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 Rahma without appearing here.

Rahma moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #3824.
Mona Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1313 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #816 and #2023.
Yvonne Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1313 and #1095 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #816 and #2023.
Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #2738.

Moved ahead of Rahma

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #789 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #916 and #284.
Tara Compare
In 1994 they stood at #595 and #602 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #650 and #286.
Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #816 and #1107 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1151 and #809.
Iben Compare
In 1993 they stood at #566 and #652 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #595 and #360.

Moved the opposite way to Rahma

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Rahma

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahma went from #1914 to #583 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #424 in Norway in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rahma

Rahma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rahma across 3 official records

Rahma by decade in Norway · Girls

Rahma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Rahma

Rahma and the names beside it

Rahma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rahma

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Moved the same way as Rahma

Rahma at a glance

Rahma across 3 official records

Rahma by decade in Norway · Girls

Rahma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Rahma

Rahma and the names beside it

Rahma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rahma

Moved the opposite way to Rahma

Moved the same way as Rahma