Rim
Rim is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Rim
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rim is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Rim
American parents first put Rim on the record books as a baby girl name in 1998, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 9 Rims were born — ranking #9,873 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Rims. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 107 Rims have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Rim
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rim. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Rim
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Rim
Rim is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 107 births in the dataset. Rim's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #9,873. Use the chart and map above to compare Rim'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.