# Halima (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/halima/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,310 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,310 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,475, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلِيمَة (ḥalīma).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 3,103 |
| 2012 | 45 | 3,551 |
| 2013 | 52 | 3,140 |
| 2014 | 70 | 2,543 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2,484 |
| 2016 | 69 | 2,575 |
| 2017 | 76 | 2,389 |
| 2018 | 83 | 2,228 |
| 2019 | 87 | 2,147 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,929 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,949 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 98 | 2,008 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,689 |
| 2025 | 102 | 1,902 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 134 | 355 |
| 2012 | 149 | 328 |
| 2013 | 128 | 355 |
| 2014 | 114 | 388 |
| 2015 | 116 | 395 |
| 2016 | 122 | 377 |
| 2017 | 106 | 413 |
| 2018 | 89 | 484 |
| 2019 | 94 | 448 |
| 2020 | 130 | 344 |
| 2021 | 135 | 346 |
| 2022 | 104 | 405 |
| 2023 | 114 | 366 |
| 2024 | 127 | 341 |
| 2025 | 129 | 335 |

## People named Halima

- Halimah Yacob, 8th President of Singapore
- Halima Aden, American-Somali fashion model
- Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, foster-mother and wetnurse of Muhammad
- Halima Tayo Alao, civil servant

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.