Masooma
Masooma is a name with multiple cultural origins: Pashto, Urdu.
- Pashto
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Masooma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Masooma is a name with multiple cultural origins: Pashto, Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Pashto
- Urdu
The Story of Masooma
Masooma first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1996: 5 births, good for #13,518 nationwide. About 50% of every Masooma on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Masooma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Masooma
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About the name Masooma
Masooma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Masooma's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #13,518. Use the chart and map above to compare Masooma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.