Given name & surname
Juma
“born on a Friday”
Juma is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “born on a Friday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born on a Friday.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Juma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 160
- 160 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,407 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,407 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 561 as a first name in 2020; 1,473 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Juma
- Giuma Ahmed AtighaLibyan politicianborn 1950
- Juma IkangaaTanzanian long-distance runner (born 1957)
- Juma AzbargaIsraeli politicianborn 1956
- Juma RashedEmirati footballerborn 1972
- Juma KasejaTanzanian footballerborn 1985
- Juma Al-WahaibiOmani footballerborn 1980
- Bavê TeyarKurdish actor1957–2025
- Ibrahim JumaUgandan footballerborn 1992
- Juma SultanAmerican musicianborn 1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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