Jumana
Feminine · “a silver pearl”
Jumana is a pearl in Arabic, and specifically a silver one: the word names a single large pearl rather than pearls in general. It belongs to a small group of Arabic names taken from precious things, and it has been given across the Gulf, the Levant and North Africa for generations.
How old is the name Jumana?
Jumana first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Jumana is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Jumana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jumana most popular?
Jumana peaked in 2025, reaching #4758 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Jumana
Arabic naming has always drawn on the natural world and on precious materials, and pearls in particular carried weight in a culture that fished them out of the Gulf for centuries before oil. Jumana is recorded from the early Islamic period onward and has stayed in continuous use since. It is common in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Iraq, and it came to American records with Arab families, keeping its spelling almost unchanged because the sounds transliterate cleanly.
Meaning
a silver pearl
Arabic jumana, a pearl, from a root used of round precious stones. Classical dictionaries specify a large pearl of silvery color rather than the general word for pearl, which is lu'lu'.
Pronouncing Jumana
joo-MAH-nah
Three syllables, stress in the middle, all vowels open. English speakers get it right on the first try more often than not.
Nicknames for Jumana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most girls named
- 201528 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4758reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +16.7%28 in 2025, from 24
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jumana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- جمانة in Arabic — transliteration
- Cümane in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, California.
Jumanas among us
people named Jumana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Jumana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Zoraya test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jumana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Zoraya climbed just as high around 1970, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Zoraya's path sketches the road Jumana is walking now.
Jumana sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jumana is headed
Jumana should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jumana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jumana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is concrete, documented and pleasant to explain.
- It transliterates cleanly, so the spelling is stable across languages.
- Three open syllables make it easy for English speakers to say correctly.
- It is uncommon in the United States, so it will be spelled out often.
- Jumanah and Jumana are both used, and forms within one family may not match.
- English readers sometimes see a resemblance to a film title and mention it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jumanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Jumana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jumana in 2025?
- Jumana ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jumana?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Jumana — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jumana with classmates?
- Jumana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jumana
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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