Numa

Where Numa comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Numa through the years
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Peak, #2,184
    12 babies named Numa, the most in any year.
  3. 1920
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,815.
  4. 2000
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
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