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Uma

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,998 among girls
Births in 2025
55 1,901 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Uma popularity over time

Uma rank by birth year, 1961–2025Uma ranked #6,567 in 1961 and #2,998 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2,328, in 2006.#10,000#2,998198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1961–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2006 is the peak year for Uma, with 81 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1961. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,998, with 55 births that year.

Over ten years the count has fallen 17%. It slipped 276 places against the previous year.

Babies named Uma per yearPeaks at 81 births in 2006.81 in 20060198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Uma?

An estimated 1,900 living Americans are called Uma. SSA has recorded 1,901 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Uma?

Median age among living Umas: 13. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Uma a millennial-era name.

Your Uma

Ages of living people named UmaHalf of living Umas are older than 13 and half younger.median 130204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Uma is most common

New York uses the name 2.7× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Uma is used more than average2 states use the name Uma more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.7× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.0× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Uma is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 95 2.7×
California 150 2.0×

Uma in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Uma ranked #1,133 in 2025 on 29 births. That is 2.1× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Uma comes from

Sense 1 is from Sanskrit उमा.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Uma

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Uma Thurman American actress and model 1970 103
Uma Bharti Indian politician 1959 26
Uma Aaltonen Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician 1940–2009 21
Uma Anand Indian journalist and actress 1923–2009 13
Uma Nehru Indian politician 1884–1963 13
Uma Rama Rao dancer and choreographer 1938–2016 12
Uma Narayan American feminist 1958 12
Uma Saren Indian politician 1984 11
Photo credits (4)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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