Yuma
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- YOO-mah
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Yuma is a name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Yuma mean?
Japanese: Japanese Yuma; also a Native American people and Arizona city
In Japanese its meaning depends on the characters chosen; Yuma, Arizona, is named after the Yuma (Quechan) people.
Is Yuma a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Yuma has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Yuma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Yuma, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974. 5 girls were also named Yuma in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Yuma in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yuma in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Yuma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Kota Dakota Yuri Kairo Yitzchok Yug Yusuf Hiro Ryu Mikko Sakai
Names related to Yuma
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yuma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuma, updated 20 October 2026.