Reema
Feminine · “white antelope”
Reema is an Arabic name for the white gazelle of the Arabian desert — an animal that classical poetry used as the standard of grace and of a certain kind of glance. It is short, soft and among the most-used women's names in the Gulf.
How old is the name Reema?
Reema first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Reema alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,600 people named Reema are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reema most popular?
Reema peaked in 2018, reaching #2711 nationally. Today it ranks #3167, 456 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
From rim to Reema
The story of Reema
The gazelle is one of the recurring figures of pre-Islamic and classical Arabic verse, and a small group of women's names — Rim, Reema, Ghazal — come directly out of that imagery. The name is used across the Arabian peninsula, the Levant and North Africa, and it is written Rim, Reem, Reema and Rima depending on which convention the family follows. The doubled e is the spelling most used in South Asia and in English-speaking countries.
Meaning
white antelope, gazelle
From Arabic rim, the white oryx or gazelle; classical Arabic poetry uses the animal's eyes and movement as a fixed image of beauty.
How the name formed
- rim
- Reema
Related forms: Reem · Rim · Rima
Pronouncing Reema
REE-mah
Two syllables, first stressed, with a long first vowel. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Reema
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 201863 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2711reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- +4.2%50 in 2025, from 48
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Reema in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Reem in Arabic — same name
- Rim in Arabic — transliteration
- Rima in Urdu — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, California.
Reemas among us
people named Reema are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,145 born in 2025 was named Reema
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Reema
- #3167
- Reema on the 2025 chart
- #903
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Reema went to 50 girls in 2025, but Rema is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 57, which makes it the 903rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,264 places above the chart.
- Reema50
- Rema7
About 1 girl in 28,198 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,145 for Reema itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Emileigh test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Reema's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Emileigh climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Emileigh's path sketches the road Reema is walking now.
Reema sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Reema is headed
Reema should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Reema beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Reema in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A concrete meaning — a specific animal — with a documented life in classical poetry.
- Five letters and two syllables, read correctly by English speakers at first sight.
- Very widely used across the Arab world, so it has a large community behind it.
- Reem, Rim and Rima are the same name, and different branches of a family may prefer different ones.
- It is close to Rhea, Rita and Reena in an American ear.
- The final vowel is dropped in some Arabic usage, so relatives may call her Reem.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reemas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Reema are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Reema?
- Reema is the most-used spelling in US records — 50 of the 57 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Rema.
- How popular is the name Reema in 2025?
- Reema ranks #3167 among US girl names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Reema?
- About 1 in every 32,145 US girls born in 2025 was named Reema — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Reema with classmates?
- Reema will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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