Umamah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oo-MAH-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Umamah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies).
What does Umamah mean?
Arabic
Umamah bint Zaynab, a granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is remembered for being carried by him during prayer.
Is Umamah a girl's or a boy's name?
Umamah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umamah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Umamah, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls.
2025 had more girls named Umamah than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Umamah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Umamah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Umamah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
Names like Umamah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Zainab Umaymah Sumayyah Ruqayyah Aaminah Safiya Hafsa Ayah Aakifah
Other spellings of Umamah
Umama Umaamah
Names related to Umamah
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, “Umamah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umamah, updated 20 October 2026.