Deema

Deema was the #7,491 girls' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Deema as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Deema as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Deema as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,491 (14)#4,201 (5)#3,478 (5)
2024#5,615 (22)#3,319 (7)#3,383 (5)
2023#4,565 (30)#3,219 (7)—
2022#6,229 (19)#3,534 (6)—
2021#5,237 (24)#4,634 (4)#3,280 (5)
2020#5,487 (22)#3,117 (7)#2,873 (6)
2019#4,653 (29)#2,458 (10)—
2018#5,152 (25)—#2,587 (7)
2017#4,304 (33)#4,063 (5)#2,876 (6)
2016#4,157 (35)#3,214 (7)#1,600 (14)
2015#4,488 (31)#5,730 (3)#2,363 (8)
2014#5,310 (25)—#1,786 (12)
2013#5,143 (26)#2,887 (8)—
2012#6,872 (18)#2,717 (9)—
2011#8,196 (14)#4,764 (4)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #4,157.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 110,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Deema is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 97,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 56,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DeemaCanadaGirls#3,4785
DeemaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
DeemaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DeemaUSGirls#7,49114