How Many People Are Named Ma?
people named Ma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 598,572 people in the US has this name
Based on 631 babies named Ma in Social Security records from 1924 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
31 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ma in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ma alive today is about 35 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ma first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1990, to 31 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Ma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,475, in 1990.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,475 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,728 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ma were born in Texas than in any other state: about 72 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ma was given 5.7 times as often in Texas and 3.3 times in California.
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