How rare is the name Uma?

4,889 people in the United States have the first name Uma, about 1 in 61,778. It ranks #3,982 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

UMA

#3,982

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,889
About
1 in 61,778
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,889 people named Uma, 79% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 8.7% as White and 6.4% as two or more races. 96.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Uma peaked in 2006, when 81 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
81
In 2025*
55 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,901 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Uma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #4,553. The largest share of babies named Uma, 46.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,71613
1970s#14,22933
1980s#15,91341
1990s#9,056170
2000s#4,986559
2010s#4,553681
2020s#4,599404
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–965.9%
Generation Z 1997–1244.6%
2013 and later46.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Uma

#3,980 Caleigh · 4,890#3,980 Torrey · 4,890#3,983 Amare · 4,887#3,984 Jasmyn · 4,884

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Uma, most common first.

#31,104 Umi · 277#36,633 Umu · 216#42,229 Ume · 171

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