MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rima mean?
Rima can develop from Arabic Rīm, a gazelle name. The final vowel makes it a familiar personal-name form in South Asian use.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रीमा
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Reema
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rima in Indian usage
105,440 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 104,749 records (99.3%).
- Recorded as male: 691 records (0.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 112 |
| 1950s | 402 |
| 1960s | 2,351 |
| 1970s | 13,442 |
| 1980s | 43,683 |
| 1990s | 45,258 |
| Other decades | 192 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 44,683 |
| Bihar | 37,656 |
| Jharkhand | 6,604 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,470 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,797 |
| Rajasthan | 1,728 |
| Haryana | 1,722 |
| Odisha | 1,417 |
| Kerala | 1,104 |
| Punjab | 1,028 |
| Uttarakhand | 984 |
| Delhi | 902 |
| Goa | 635 |
| Tripura | 585 |
| Assam | 331 |
| Chandigarh | 212 |
| Other states | 582 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Rima / F | 6 | 3,705 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Rima; Table_6, C4101 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Rima; Table_6, C4101
- Wiktionary: ريم ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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