# Uma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/uma/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,901 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,901 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 621, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Sense 1 is from Sanskrit उमा (umā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,866 |
| 2012 | 77 | 2,424 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,970 |
| 2014 | 78 | 2,369 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,709 |
| 2016 | 69 | 2,591 |
| 2017 | 73 | 2,484 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,556 |
| 2019 | 71 | 2,505 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,499 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,508 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,487 |
| 2023 | 72 | 2,493 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,746 |
| 2025 | 55 | 3,025 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,342 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,133 |

## People named Uma

- Uma Thurman, American actress and model (born 1970)
- Uma Aaltonen, Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician (1940-2009)
- Uma Narayan, American feminist
- Uma Rama Rao, dancer and choreographer (1938–2016)
- Uma Chowdhry, American chemist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.