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Rimas

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To calm down

Rimas has been given to 108 babies in the U.S. since 1954. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1958, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% boys, 40% girls all-time.

Babies named Rimas, 1976

1 in 506,000

Rimas over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rimas over time

In 2025, Rimas went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19542025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rimas: meaning, origin, and history

To calm down

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rimas means

Rimas means “to calm down”, associated with rimti.

Origin, language, and formation

Rimas is used in Lithuanian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Lithuanian, Rimas is pronounced [ˈrʲɪmɐs].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 65 boys were recorded with the name Rimas between 1954 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1958; its best national rank was #2,779 in 1958.

In the United States, 43 girls were recorded with the name Rimas between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2009; its best national rank was #14,265 in 2014.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Rimas?

Rimas had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976
1 in 506,000
6 of 3,034,007 births
Among boys only
1 in 261,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1976
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
350,503 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rimas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 350,503 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rimas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rimass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rimas was born before 1960 — so the typical Rimas is around 65 today.

Median birth year
1960
About 65 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
43.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
65
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Choose a decade

1950s — 43.1% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Rimas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1958 (10)
Years since peak
67
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,779
1958

Spellings of Rimas

Rimas is not the most common spelling — Roman is, with 45.4% against Rimas's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Rimas around the world

Where Rimas ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1955–1986
    #460
    in 1986

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rimas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,779
1958
Peak year
1958
10 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
1976
All-time count
65
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,756
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#14,265
2014
Peak year
2009
7 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
43
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Rimas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AlmasCosmasArmasRomasTamasDumasTommasJamasThamasHomasKosmasLumasArtemasMaximasDismasDimasAcamasDemasSeamasChalmasAdomasThommasMasHermas

Sibling names for Rimas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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