Rhema

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rhema: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,864 in 2013, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1864highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2000	#3912
2004	#3725
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#2636
2012	#2338
2013	#1864
2014	#4684
2015	#5730
2016	#2233
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#4686
2021	#3519
2022	#2178
2023	#3218
2024	#3015

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 England and Wales in 21 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1864 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rhema appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 125 births with the name.

Rhema across 2 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.

Rhema'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#1864 (2013)	#3015 (2024)	21 of 27	125 (1998–2024)	15 (2013)
England and Wales · Boys	#3208 (2005)	#3208 (2005)	#4991 (2023)	6 of 19	20 (2005–2023)	4 (2005)

Rhema 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 Rhema in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	17	5 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	69	10 of 10	7
2020s	33	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Rhema 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1864 in England and Wales in 2013.

Rhema'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,864, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

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Rheanna · #339, 15y
Rheo · #2259, 16y
Rheon · #2320, 11y

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.

Dhruvi · #1864, 25y
Tuana · #1864, 22y
Almira · #1865, 22y
Angel-Rose · #1865, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dhruvi · #1864, 25y
Almira · #1865, 22y
Angel-Rose · #1865, 18y
Hephzibah · #1863, 22y

Rhema 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 Rhema without appearing here.

Rhema moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Ronny Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
George Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Rhema

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.
Gustav Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2282.
Noah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Rhema

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhema went from #1864 to #3015 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhema went from #1864 to #3015 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Rhema

Francis Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhema went from #5556 to #3015 and Francis from #5556 to #2574.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhema went from #5707 to #3015 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.
Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rhema went from #1864 to #3015 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1864 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rhema

Rhema at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rhema across 2 official records

Rhema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhema appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rhema and the names beside it

Rhema moved ahead of

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Rhema at a glance

Rhema across 2 official records

Rhema by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rhema appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rhema and the names beside it

Rhema moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rhema

Moved the opposite way to Rhema

Moved the same way as Rhema