Given name & surname
Rahma
“a superior man”·“one who is pleasing”
Rahma is a variant of Ram. Interpretations include “a superior man” and “one who is pleasing”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rahma is a variant of Ram. Interpretations include “a superior man” and “one who is pleasing”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic رَحْمَة (“mercy, compassion”); its root is Arabic ر ح م.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rahma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,532
- 0 boys · 1,532 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 97 babies
- 2025
- 82
- #2,253 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 82 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,253 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 97 in 2016. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,921 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rahma
- Rahma Ben AliTunisian taekwondo athleteborn 1993
- Rahma HassanEgyptian actressborn 1988
- Rahma GharsTunisian association football playerborn 1994
- Rahma Landy SjahruddinIndonesian actressborn 1982
- Princess Rahma bint HassanJordanian princess (born 1969)
- Rahma AliPakistani actress and singerborn 1988
- Rahma El Siddig MustafaSudanese disability rights activist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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