NameTides

Rhema

Rhema was the #1,758 girls' name in the US in 2025 (115 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Rhema as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Rhema as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Rhema as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,758 (115)#2,605 (10)#780 (3)#2,282 (9)
2024#2,080 (92)#3,016 (8)—#3,383 (5)
2023#2,288 (80)#3,219 (7)—#2,900 (6)
2022#2,756 (62)#2,178 (12)—#3,228 (5)
2021#2,638 (65)#3,519 (6)——
2020#2,966 (54)——#3,251 (5)
2019#3,222 (49)#4,686 (4)—#2,872 (6)
2018#3,918 (37)#4,684 (4)—#3,286 (5)
2017#3,996 (37)#4,763 (4)—#2,609 (7)
2016#3,588 (43)#2,233 (12)——
2015#3,650 (42)#5,730 (3)—#2,891 (6)
2014#3,425 (46)#4,684 (4)——
2013#3,218 (50)#1,864 (15)——
2012#3,915 (39)#2,338 (11)——
2011#4,466 (32)#2,636 (9)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,758.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rhema is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rhema by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #1,032INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: 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: #1,180VAMaryland: 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: #888TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth 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: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Rhema (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RhemaCanadaGirls#2,2829
RhemaCanadaBoys#2,5277
RhemaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
RhemaEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
RhemaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RhemaScotlandGirls#7803
RhemaUSGirls#1,758115
RhemaUSBoys—too few