first name
MA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,450 people named Ma, 73.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.4% as White. 92.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ma peaked in 1990, when 31 babies got the name.
At least 631 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Ma by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #7,651. The largest share of babies named Ma, 44.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Ma
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ma, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ma ranks #892 of 156,621, with 38,387 people. See Ma as a last name
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