NameTides

Uma

Uma was the #2,998 girls' name in the US in 2025 (55 babies), and #1,133 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Uma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Uma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Uma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,998 (55)#1,133 (29)—#3,044 (6)
2024#2,722 (63)#1,262 (26)—#2,259 (9)
2023#2,466 (72)#1,469 (21)—#2,203 (9)
2022#2,463 (73)#1,685 (17)—#2,835 (6)
2021#2,484 (71)#1,351 (23)——
2020#2,468 (70)#1,939 (14)#834 (3)#3,251 (5)
2019#2,482 (71)#1,349 (23)—#1,922 (11)
2018#2,532 (69)#1,170 (29)—#1,741 (12)
2017#2,464 (73)#1,512 (21)—#3,307 (5)
2016#2,560 (69)#1,472 (22)—#1,785 (12)
2015#2,685 (66)#1,240 (27)——
2014#2,351 (78)#1,411 (22)—#2,617 (7)
2013#2,936 (57)#1,324 (25)—#2,204 (9)
2012#2,401 (77)#1,342 (24)—#2,921 (6)
2011#2,838 (61)#1,327 (23)#937 (3)#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,463.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Uma is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 29,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Uma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Uma (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
UmaCanadaGirls#3,0446
UmaEngland & WalesGirls#1,13329
UmaIrelandGirls—too few
UmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
UmaUSGirls#2,99855