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Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

RimIn Hebrew: רים · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רִים

Rim (Hebrew: רים) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 6,161 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 96 girls and ranked #181. Its peak year was 1995, with 189 babies.

People in Israel
6,161
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
96
rank #181
Peak year
1995
189 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Rim

In Hebrew letters the name is רים, read right to left. Rim is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Rim by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Rim: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Rim

How do you write Rim in Hebrew?

Rim is written רים in Hebrew (with vowel points: רִים). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Rim?

6,161 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רים: 6,161 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Rim a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named רים are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.