Numa

The name Numa is the #7,501 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 238 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,429 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 157 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,635 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 81 births since 2000.

Numa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Numa is available in 34 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (22 years for boys and 12 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Numa has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Numa were boys. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1913 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2000 to 2023).

For boys, Numa reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #496) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1977.

For girls, Numa reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #899) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Numa ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 44.1% of its peak share of births.