Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arunima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 268 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Arunima
- Arunima SinhaWorld's first female amputee to climb Mount Everestborn 1988
- Arunima GhoshIndian actressborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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