Uzma — #15731 US girls' name
155 babies named Uzma in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Uzma was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Uzma in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Uzma
The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Uzma between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Uzma currently holds the #15731 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Uzma performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Uzma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Uzma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Uzma 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 155 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.
Uzma at a glance
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Current rank
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Uzma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #15731 among girls.
155 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 12 births in a single year.
Uzma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 51 births that decade — 33% of Uzma's all-time total
Uzma decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Uzma's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Uzma by state
Where Uzma concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 155 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.