Rima
Rima was given to 36 girls in 2025, #4,049 among girls’ names; 1,654 Americans have been recorded with it since 1927 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,510 Americans named Rima and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 14 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rima by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rima mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rima is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rima?
#4,049 among girls’ names, 2025
Rima fell from #3,972 in 2015 to #4,049 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 21.3 to 22.4 per million.
38 babies in 2015, the peak
Rima peaked in 2015, when 38 girls were given it, #3,972 among girls’ names. The 36 births of 2025 are 95% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #4,049 | 22.4 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,261 | 15.4 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,353 | 11.8 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,138 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,365 | 14.6 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,453 | 14.2 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,422 | 19.1 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,907 | 22.3 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,980 | 22.0 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,253 | 14.7 |
Every recorded year (93)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | #3,972 | 21.3 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,598 | 13.4 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,965 | 10.3 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,939 | 16.5 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,893 | 13.1 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,207 | 8.4 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,238 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,952 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,907 | 7.3 |
| 2006 | 15 | #8,148 | 7.9 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,753 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | 14 | #8,132 | 7.6 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,993 | 10.9 |
| 2002 | 19 | #6,071 | 10.6 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,519 | 11.7 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,731 | 8.8 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,832 | 13.0 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,762 | 13.0 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,417 | 8.6 |
| 1996 | 20 | #5,012 | 11.4 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,474 | 18.2 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,979 | 15.1 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,764 | 11.6 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,934 | 14.6 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,335 | 9.6 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,057 | 19.5 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,645 | 15.2 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,555 | 15.2 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,238 | 16.7 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,303 | 11.1 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,218 | 16.3 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,498 | 14.3 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,913 | 12.0 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,882 | 18.9 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,706 | 13.2 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,692 | 13.3 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,511 | 14.3 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,475 | 14.4 |
| 1977 | 18 | #4,025 | 11.7 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,632 | 13.0 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,780 | 8.9 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,990 | 10.9 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,755 | 11.7 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,250 | 9.2 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,238 | 12.6 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,088 | 12.6 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,690 | 14.8 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,418 | 9.8 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,180 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,505 | 14.2 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,521 | 13.6 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,653 | 7.4 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,977 | 6.2 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,956 | 6.1 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,751 | 6.4 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,797 | 9.9 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,575 | 10.4 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,883 | 5.5 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,814 | 3.0 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,310 | 4.6 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,289 | 6.7 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,901 | 5.3 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,052 | 4.9 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,298 | 3.3 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,544 | 5.9 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,174 | 3.4 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,387 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,882 | 8.4 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,461 | 4.5 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,995 | 7.9 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,331 | 5.0 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,897 | 4.4 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,159 | 5.5 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,251 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,173 | 5.6 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,071 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,683 | 6.7 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,847 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,738 | 5.0 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,853 | 4.7 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,119 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,151 | 4.5 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,474 | 4.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rima a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rima has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 93 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rima: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rima, and how old are they?
1,510 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 1,654 Americans ever recorded as Rima. The median Rima alive today is 34 years old; half are between 14 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 4,183 people named Rima (4,171 women and girls, 12 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,403 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 33 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 145 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 290 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 278 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 365 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rima born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6 | #3,031 | 0.7× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rima with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rima
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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