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Arsema

Girl

Meaning of Arsema: Amharic: 'revelation'

Arsema is a girl's name most strongly associated with Ethiopian naming. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 4540th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 2115th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#4540

28 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2115

13 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

707

First recorded 1995 · peak 2015

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 6 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 7 babies2000: 7 babies20002001: 7 babies2002: 5 babies2003: 8 babies2004: 8 babies2005: 9 babies2006: 14 babies2007: 11 babies2008: 14 babies2009: 27 babies2010: 22 babies20102011: 36 babies2012: 30 babies2013: 37 babies2014: 36 babies2015: 60 babies2016: 39 babies2017: 43 babies2018: 47 babies2019: 47 babies2020: 41 babies20202021: 26 babies2022: 30 babies2023: 35 babies2024: 27 babies2025: 28 babies
US babies named Arsema per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 60.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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