Ma
Girl · MAH
Ma is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ma mean?
In Burmese Ma is an honorific for young women, and in the Philippines Ma. is an abbreviation of Maria.
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Is Ma a girl's or a boy's name?
Ma is a girls' name.
How popular is Ma in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Ma in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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