Dima
Dima is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Russian, Georgian.
- Arabic
- Russian
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Dima
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dima is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Russian, Georgian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Russian
- Georgian
The Story of Dima
As a girl name
Dima first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1983, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 26 births, good for #5,129 nationwide. About 40% of every Dima on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dima ranks #8,052 for girls with 12 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 422 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Dima first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 9 births, good for #8,078 nationwide. About 46% of every Dima on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Dima last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 79 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dima
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dima. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dima
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About the name Dima
Dima is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 422 births in the dataset. Dima's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #5,129. Use the chart and map above to compare Dima's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.