Aima

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 31 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
31
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1079
31 babies

Aima by the numbers

In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Aima. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aima

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aidavisitor, guest; or most happy84 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asmahigh or elevated59 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aimanblessed or fortunate26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aixaalive; well; variant of Aisha22 in the US (2017)
  • Amaborn on Saturday11 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Aima

Names that are said the same way as Aima, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Amea15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ayma13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aimah5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Aima

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