Zuma

Last seen for girls in 1938 at #4,342 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 89.7% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · girls
#1,053
1895 · 10 births
Debut · girls
1889
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
140
since 1889

Zuma over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #1,053, 1895girlsboysat peak
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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#10,9386
2023—#12,2395
2022——
2021——
2020—#12,0225
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003——
2002——
2001——
2000——
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994——
1993——
1992——
1991——
1990——
1989——
1988——
1987——
1986——
1985——
1984——
1983——
1982——
1981——
1980——
1979——
1978——
1977——
1976——
1975——
1974——
1973——
1972——
1971——
1970——
1969——
1968——
1967——
1966——
1965——
1964——
1963——
1962——
1961——
1960——
1959——
1958——
1957——
1956——
1955——
1954——
1953——
1952——
1951——
1950——
1949——
1948——
1947——
1946——
1945——
1944——
1943——
1942——
1941——
1940——
1939——
1938#4,3425—
1937——
1936——
1935——
1934——
1933——
1932——
1931——
1930——
1929——
1928——
1927——
1926#2,87211—
1925#4,0287—
1924——
1923——
1922#5,0095—
1921#4,0237—
1920#4,3986—
1919#3,8177—
1918#2,28915—
1917#3,0929—
1916——
1915#3,4347—
1914#2,12511—
1913#2,8276—
1912——
1911——
1910#1,6349—
1909#2,2085—
1908——
1907#2,0615—
1906——
1905——
1904——
1903——
1902——
1901#1,6795—
1900#1,9325—
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896——
1895#1,05310—
1894——
1893——
1892——
1891——
1890——
1889#1,2795—
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Zuma! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Zuma is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedHITexas: #868 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,905 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Zuma, so not publishedFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. Texas#868 · 1 in 9,905

Best ever in a state: #868 in Texas, 1918.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#86851 in 9,905
Alabama———
Alaska———
Arizona———
Arkansas———
California———
Colorado———
Connecticut———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Florida———
Georgia———
Hawaii———
Idaho———
Illinois———
Indiana———
Iowa———
Kansas———
Kentucky———
Louisiana———
Maine———
Maryland———
Massachusetts———
Michigan———
Minnesota———
Mississippi———
Missouri———
Montana———
Nebraska———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
New Jersey———
New Mexico———
New York———
North Carolina———
North Dakota———
Ohio———
Oklahoma———
Oregon———
Pennsylvania———
Rhode Island———
South Carolina———
South Dakota———
Tennessee———
Utah———
Vermont———
Virginia———
Washington———
West Virginia———
Wisconsin———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Zuma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1938
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1895 at #1,053 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 1 yr 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 23,363
  • Highest: 1 in 23,363 girls born in 1895 were named Zuma (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 220,691 girls born in 1938 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 45.7% of all girls named Zuma (64) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
  • Mostly girls until 2019, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s10#1,053 (1895)#1,053
1900s20#1,679 (1901)#1,970
1910s64#1,634 (1910)#2,745
1920s36#2,872 (1926)#4,066
1930s5#4,342 (1938)#4,342

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.

Zuma in 1918

girls
#2,289
15 births · 1 in 77,175 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #2,289Zuma15
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 77,175 of them was named Zuma, which outranked 59.0% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zuma
  1. #2,209Wylene16
  2. #2,209Yoneko16
  3. #2,209Zeola16
  4. #2,289Zuma15
  5. #2,289Ala15
  6. #2,289Alethea15
  7. #2,289Allyne15
  8. #2,376Adelaida14
  9. #2,376Aina14
  10. #2,376Aldena14

Tied with 86 names at #2,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →