Rahma

Rahma was the #2,239 girls' name in the US in 2025 (82 babies), and #460 in England & Wales and #1,031 in Canada.

Rahma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rahma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Rahma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,239 (82)#460 (87)#780 (3)—#1,031 (26)
2024#2,248 (83)#583 (67)#790 (3)—#993 (27)
2023#2,244 (83)#647 (56)#540 (5)—#928 (28)
2022#2,510 (71)#839 (42)——#1,252 (19)
2021#2,384 (75)#840 (42)——#1,876 (11)
2020#2,500 (69)#683 (54)——#971 (27)
2019#2,538 (69)#590 (67)——#1,104 (23)
2018#2,404 (75)#755 (52)——#1,089 (23)
2017#2,401 (75)#771 (51)#666 (4)—#1,049 (24)
2016#2,033 (97)#994 (36)—#750 (4)#1,191 (21)
2015#2,431 (75)#794 (48)——#1,312 (18)
2014#3,080 (54)#832 (46)——#972 (27)
2013#2,769 (62)#772 (50)——#1,364 (17)
2012#3,523 (45)#916 (40)——#931 (28)
2011#2,868 (60)#789 (47)—#937 (3)#1,021 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #2,033.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rahma is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rahma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Rahma (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Rahma (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RahmaCanadaGirls#1,03126
RahmaEngland & WalesGirls#46087
RahmaIrelandGirls—too few
RahmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RahmaScotlandGirls#7803
RahmaUSGirls#2,23982