Ma
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 631since 1924
Ma over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ma has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
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| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Ma! It came in at #4,002, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ma is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1990 at #3,436 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 61,243
- Highest: 1 in 61,243 girls born in 1990 were named Ma (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 243,011 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 34.4% of all girls named Ma (217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 22 | #3,664 (1925) | #3,847 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,497 (1931) | #3,867 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,764 (1947) | #4,764 |
| 1950s | 31 | #4,193 (1958) | #5,276 |
| 1960s | 33 | #4,866 (1966) | #5,746 |
| 1970s | 40 | #6,558 (1972) | #7,471 |
| 1980s | 125 | #4,358 (1989) | #5,833 |
| 1990s | 217 | #3,436 (1990) | #4,858 |
| 2000s | 113 | #6,487 (2000) | #10,281 |
| 2010s | 26 | #12,153 (2011) | #14,111 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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