Is Rhema a boy or girl name?

Rhema is a girl’s name. Of the 1,290 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.5% were girls and 1.5% were boys.

Rhema

Recorded 1981–2025 · United States

Rhema was most popular in 2025, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,217 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,217, with 115 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,290 people named Rhema.

Rhema over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rhema’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rhema a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rhema is a girl’s name — 98.5% of the 1,290 Americans given it were girls and 1.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Rhema

Where Rhema is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org