How rare is the name Rima?

4,183 people in the United States have the first name Rima, about 1 in 72,205. It ranks #4,455 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RIMA

#4,455

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,183
About
1 in 72,205
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,183 people named Rima, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 19.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rima peaked in 2015, when 38 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19272025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
38
In 2025*
36 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,654 babies have been given the name since 1927. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rima by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #4,690. The largest share of babies named Rima, 24.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#12,17210
1930s#6,49551
1940s#6,22465
1950s#6,35985
1960s#4,690177
1970s#5,622185
1980s#5,487251
1990s#7,047243
2000s#12,245153
2010s#8,386281
2020s#8,810153
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–455.7%
Baby boom 1946–6411%
Generation X 1965–8018.9%
Millennials 1981–9624.8%
Generation Z 1997–1217%
2013 and later22.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rima, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Rima ranks #39,947 of 156,621, with 593 people. See Rima as a last name

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