Mwajuma

#9,891 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Mwanajuma

Mwajuma has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 2021. In 2025 it ranked #9,891 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Mwajuma, 2025

1 in 332,000

Mwajuma over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mwajuma: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Mwanajuma

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mwajuma means

Mwajuma is a form of Mwanajuma.

Origin, language, and formation

Mwajuma is used in Swahili.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mwanajuma.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 39 girls were recorded with the name Mwajuma between 2021 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2025; its best national rank was #9,891 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mwajuma?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,891; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mwajuma sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mwajuma. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mwajumas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mwajuma was born before 2023 — so the typical Mwajuma is around 2 today.

Median birth year: 2023; About 2 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 39; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Mwajuma rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +938; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (10)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,891; 2025

Mwajuma around the world

Where Mwajuma ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2010–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Mwajuma by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,891
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,891; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 10 that year
First recorded: 2021
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 39
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Mwajuma

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mwavita Fatouma Nechuma Mwangaza Fruma Najuma Numa Yuma Masuma Fatuma Suma Faduma Bluma Luma Majuma Pneuma Truma Iduma Cuma Zuma Iuma Huma Pluma Uma

Sibling names for Mwajuma

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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