Girls' name · since 1974
Huma
235 babies named Huma in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 235
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
235 girls have been named Huma since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Huma has 235 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2023.
- #18,183 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 235 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Huma ranks #18,183 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 235 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 235
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Huma's 235 recorded births place it above 74.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Huma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Huma's full recorded timeline at 1992, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Huma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2023
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Huma by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (76 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Huma's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Huma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
76 births
- 1990s
1990s
76 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 76 births (32% of all-time use).
Huma by state
Where Huma concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 4.3% |
10 of 235 births nationwide.
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What to do with Huma's data
- Huma's decade-level peak was the 1980s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Humas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Huma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Huma draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.