Rahma

What Rahma means

Swahili, meaning “mercy, compassion”

Borrowed from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma, “mercy, compassion”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Rahma” (revision 92999662), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Rahma?

US: Steady: #2431 in 2015, #2239 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #794 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 97 girls got the name (#2033 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 19,601 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,911 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.28 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.15 per 1,000 girls), MI (0.14 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Rahma is #2239 in the US and #460 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Rahma were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Roma143 US · 49 E&W
• Reema50 US · 18 E&W
• Rahmah23 US · 24 E&W
• Rima36 US · 6 E&W
• Ramah16 US
• Rehma10 US · 6 E&W
• Rama8 US · 3 E&W
• Raima0 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rahma

Girls

• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025
• Koa#269Hawaiian, meaning “warrior, courage; koa tree”^*
• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rahma’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.