Ma

MAH /ˈmɑː/
girl 1 syllable fading

Ma is a rare variant of Mae that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.

Ma is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2018. Ma was first reported in SSA data in 1924 and peaked in 1990 (31 births).

About the name Ma

PronunciationMAH /ˈmɑː/
CultureChineseDutchKoreanRomanianVietnamese
31peak births 1990
1924first in SSA data

Names similar to Ma

How popular is Ma?

Girls named Ma
192419401960198020002018
Girls named Ma per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1924–2018 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2018) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Ma total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201877#13,288
201255#18,497
201188#12,909
201066#16,184
200977#14,617
200877#14,770
200766#16,759
200666#16,321
20051313#8,647
20041111#9,635
20031616#7,083
20021515#7,287
20011616#6,841
20001616#6,678
19991212#8,027
19982222#4,880
199717—#5,777
199619—#5,202
199524—#4,299
199421—#4,773
199326—#4,057
199227—#3,922
199118—#5,308
199031—#3,480
198921—#4,451
198813—#6,126
198710—#7,123
19869—#7,477
198514—#5,225
198411—#6,130
198314—#5,034
198211—#6,178
198114—#5,127
19808—#7,827
19798—#7,717
19787—#8,168
19756—#8,615
19747—#7,348
19735—#9,199
19727—#6,967
19685—#7,697
19678—#5,251
19668—#5,104
19657—#5,593
19625—#7,161
19595—#6,837
19589—#4,379
19565—#6,518
19535—#6,188
19507—#4,570
19476—#5,071
19355—#4,627
19326—#4,209
19317—#3,711
19277—#4,109
19258—#3,902
19247—#4,272