Yumna
Feminine · “good fortune”
Yumna is an Arabic word for good fortune, and it is built on the word for the right hand — in Arabic as in many languages, the right side is the lucky one.
How old is the name Yumna?
Yumna first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Yumna is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Yumna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yumna most popular?
Yumna peaked in 2025, reaching #3342 nationally. Today it ranks #3342, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From yumn to Yumna
The story of Yumna
Arabic ties fortune to the right hand as a matter of ordinary vocabulary: the same root gives yamin, the right hand, and yumn, good fortune. Yumna is the feminine form of the adjective and has been in use as a women's name across the Arab world and South Asia. It reaches American records chiefly with families from Pakistan, India and the Levant, and it is written Yumna and Yumnah.
Meaning
good fortune, blessedness
From an Arabic root meaning the right hand or the right side, from which come words for good luck, blessing and prosperity; Yemen's own name comes from the same root, as the land to the right of someone facing east.
How the name formed
- yumn
- Yumna
Related forms: Yumnah · Yumna · Yümna
Pronouncing Yumna
YUM-nah
Two syllables, first stressed. The mn cluster is unusual for English but not difficult.
Nicknames for Yumna
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
- 1995
- Most girls named
- 202546 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3342reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +15.0%46 in 2025, from 40
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.
Yumna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yumnah in Arabic — spelling variant
- Yumna in Urdu — same name
- Yümna in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Yumnas among us
people named Yumna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,941 born in 2025 was named Yumna
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 Trevor test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yumna's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Trevor climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Trevor's path sketches the road Yumna is walking now.
Yumna 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 Yumna is headed
Yumna looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 41% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Yumna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yumna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely interesting connection to the word for the right hand.
- Five letters and two syllables, easy to write early.
- It begins with Y, which keeps it distinct on any list.
- The Yum clip is an English exclamation about food, and children will find it.
- Yumna and Yumnah are both used and the spelling will be asked for.
- The mn in the middle is unfamiliar in English and will be misspelled.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yumnas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Yumna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yumna in 2025?
- Yumna ranks #3342 among US girl names in 2025, with 46 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yumna?
- About 1 in every 34,941 US girls born in 2025 was named Yumna — 46 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yumna with classmates?
- Yumna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yumna
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