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Halima

“Patient, gentle, or mild” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #1902 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Halima has appeared in US records since 1970 — best rank #1681 (2024) · 2,310 babies named Halima all-time · 1 in 17,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #47 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Halimas

• Halima Aden — American-Somali fashion model
• Halima Nosirova — Soviet opera singer, music educator and actor (1913-2003)
• Halima Bashir — Sudanese doctor and author
• Halima Abubakar — Nigerian film actress
• Halima Hachlaf — Moroccan distance runner

What Halimas become

Among 106 notable people named Halima:

Political leaders appear 2.02× more often than among typical names — e.g. Halima Sadaf Karimi, Afghani politician and former MP.

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