Nahima

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nahima by the numbers

Nahima was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 24 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nahima

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 Nahima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Naimacomfort; ease; contentment168 in the US (2017)
  • Nahilabee; a form of Nahla7 in the US (2017)
  • Nahia4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nadiahope; from nadezhda777 in the US (2017)
  • Nahladrink of water, first drink175 in the US (2017)
  • Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Nahima

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

  • Namyaworthy of praise17 in the US (2017)
  • Naeemahblessing, bounty; feminine of Naeem14 in the US (2017)
  • Naeemablessing or comfort; a form of Naima6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nayuma7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Namia5 in the US (2017)
  • Namiah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nahima

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