Noma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Noma

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,895 babies named Noma between 1886 and 1972, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 66 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Noma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Noma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 184 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Noma in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Noma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,895 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.