Lima is a distinctive choice, ranked #2605 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Lima in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2605
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About the Name Lima
Lima has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 639 places in five years. It was most popular in 2021 at #1692 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1996.
Lima is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Lima in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Lima
Uisma Lima — Uisma Dos Ramos Lima is an Angolan professional boxer.
Yuri Lima — Yuri Oliveira Lima is a former Brazilian footballer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Lima
Unlikely. With around 10 UK babies named Lima per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Lima in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Lima is declining: down 832 places since 2020, to #2,605 in 2025. It peaked at #1,692 in 2021.
Lima is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Lima include: Uisma Lima, Yuri Lima and Adriana Lima. Short summaries for each appear below.
Lima does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Limas in the wild.
10
UK babies named Lima (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 832 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Lima
Almost certainly the only Lima in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Lima
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima, ComTe, GCTE, ComSE, GCSE, ComC, GCC, ComNSC, GCNSC, also known as Venceslau de Lima and anglicized as Wenceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima or Wenceslau de Lima, was a Portuguese geologist, paleontologist, viticulturist, and politician who, among other functions, served as a member of Parliament, a minister, and as President of the Council of Ministers (now Prime Minister).
Salvatore Achille Ettore Lima, often referred to as Salvo Lima, was an Italian politician from Sicily who was associated with, and murdered by, the Sicilian Mafia.