Umama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oo-MAH-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Umama is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Umama mean?
Arabic: spelling of Umamah
Umamah bint Zaynab, a granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is remembered for being carried by him during prayer.
Meaning borrowed from Umamah.
Is Umama a girl's or a boy's name?
Umama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 475% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Umama, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Umama of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Umama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Umama or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Umama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
Names like Umama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Halima, Abeeha, Safiya, Rahma, Zainab, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Umaima, Huda
Other spellings of Umama
Umamah, Umaamah
Names related to Umama
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Umama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umama, updated 20 October 2026.