Rhema
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹimə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rhema is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 383K(measured from records)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 76K
- GYGuyana1 in 125K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 160 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 76K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rhema counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Rhema | 39 |
| US United States | 869 | 1 in 383K | 803 | Rhema | 160 |
| PH Philippines | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 235K | — | Rhema | 24 |
| UG Uganda | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 171K | 1 | — | 1 |
| GH Ghana | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 162K | — | Rhema | 13 |
| GY Guyana | 6 | 1 in 125K | 6 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rhema Lord-Mearsb. 1995GBEnglish association football player
- Rhema Otaborb. 2002Bahamian athlete (born 2002)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 803 | #13,779 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 115 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 92 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 80 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 66 | #13,779 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 65 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 62 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 54 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 50 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 49 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 46 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 43 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rhema mean, and where does it come from?
- A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rhema?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹimə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Rhema a male or female name?
- Rhema is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rhema have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Rhema in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rhema.
- How common is the name Rhema?
- In the United States, the national register counted 869 people named Rhema in 2020, about 1 in 383 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rhemaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rhema”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.