Nma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- n-MAH
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Nma is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “beauty, goodness”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Nma mean?
Igbo
“beauty, goodness”
Is Nma a girl's or a boy's name?
Nma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Nma, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Nma than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Nma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Nma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
Names like Nma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa, Amara, Chioma, Chimamanda, Ireoluwa, Chizara, Araoluwa, Inioluwa, Chimkasimma, Chisom, Kamsiyochukwu, Morireoluwa
Names related to Nma
More Igbo names
Munachimso, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Tobenna, Chiziterem, Naetochukwu, Lotanna
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nma, updated 20 October 2026.