Girls' name · since 1998
Rim
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 112 babies named Rim, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,815 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rim currently ranks #15815 among girls' names in America, with 112 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Rim recorded 112 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #15815 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #25,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,815 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 112 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rim ranks #25,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,815 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 112 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,815 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rim's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rim compares
112 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rim's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rim | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 112 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rim's full recorded timeline at 2013, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Rim by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Rim's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Rim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rim's data
- Rim's decade-level peak was the 2010s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rim: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rim draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.