Uma Girl
How popular is Uma?
#2,998 girl name in 2025
55 baby girls were named Uma in the US in 2025, making it the 2998th most popular girl name.
Uma popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,998 for girls (▼ 276 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 55 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,685 in 2015, #2,468 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (81 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,328 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Uma counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Uma family of names ranked #1,971 for girls in 2025 (#1,871 the year before), with 69 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Uma | 55 | 80% |
| Umay | 9 | 13% |
| Umai | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Uma is most popular
Babies named Uma per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Uma by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #4,865 |
| 1970s | 33 | #5,957 |
| 1980s | 41 | #8,126 |
| 1990s | 170 | #3,570 |
| 2000s | 559 | #2,328 |
| 2010s | 681 | #2,351 |
| 2020s | 404 | #2,463 |
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Questions
- Is Uma a boy or girl name?
- Uma is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Uma were girls.
- How popular is the name Uma?
- 55 baby girls were named Uma in the US in 2025, making it the 2998th most popular girl name.
- When was Uma most popular?
- Uma peaked in 2006, when 81 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,328 in 2006.
- How many people are named Uma?
- 1,901 babies have been named Uma in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,884 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Uma most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Uma was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.