Uma
Uma is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200681 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1961
- 1,845people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,845 girls have been named Uma in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 81 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2006, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 37%.
By decade
In 2006, its biggest year
Uma was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Uma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aliahpeak 2015
- Tahliapeak 2009
- Miraclepeak 2016
- Giavannapeak 2021
- Daelynpeak 2011
- Joziepeak 2022
- Emaripeak 2013
- Nathaliapeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.