Fun Facts About the Name Bluma
- 473 babies named Bluma: U.S. records list 473 babies given the name Bluma from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bluma Mean?
Bluma is a Yiddish feminine given name meaning "flower." Its source is the Middle High German word bluome, the ancestor of modern German Blume ("flower"), which passed into Yiddish as blum. The name is the ordinary noun for a flower used as a personal name, not a compound of separate elements with their own meanings. In traditional Ashkenazi practice, Bluma was often the everyday name paired with a Hebrew name used in religious settings; it has been associated with the Hebrew Pirḥa (פרחה), which also means "flower," but that pairing is a customary convention rather than part of the name's etymology. The English word "bloom" is a distant Germanic cousin of Blume, not the source of the name.
Bluma Name History & Origins
Bluma belongs to the large group of Yiddish women's names taken from ordinary German-derived nouns - flowers, animals, and precious objects - that Ashkenazi Jews used in Central and Eastern Europe. Alongside Bluma, names such as Reyzl (rose), Feygl (bird), and Golda (gold) served as everyday names, while a separate Hebrew name was used for religious purposes, such as being called to the Torah. The pairing custom varied by family and region, and the Hebrew name chosen alongside Bluma was not fixed.
The name traveled with Yiddish-speaking emigrants to North America, Britain, Argentina, and Palestine, and it remains in use in Israel and in Jewish communities elsewhere, sometimes in the variants Blume, Blumah, and Blima. Bluma Zeigarnik (1901 - 1988), a Soviet psychologist born in Prienai, in present-day Lithuania, is a documented bearer; the Zeigarnik effect is named for her research on memory and interrupted tasks. As a surname, Blum and Blume are common in German-speaking countries and among Jews of German and Ashkenazi descent, but the surname and the given name are separate developments from the same word.
How Popular is the Name Bluma?
Bluma has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #1,861 in 1907.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,753 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #6,187 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #5,578 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #8,619 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #8,102 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #5,888 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #6,756 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #8,694 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #5,859 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #6,953 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #6,764 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #7,040 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #7,816 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #5,928 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #7,164 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #7,266 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #7,387 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #10,924 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #10,239 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #11,594 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #16,145 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #15,798 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #13,759 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #10,656 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #10,401 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #9,347 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #10,583 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #10,369 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #8,663 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #7,629 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #9,438 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1933 | #3,797 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1929 | #4,644 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1928 | #3,801 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1925 | #4,500 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #4,053 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1923 | #4,444 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #5,109 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1921 | #4,540 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,362 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #4,683 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #3,979 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1913 | #2,870 | 6 | 0.0010% |
| 1909 | #2,249 | 5 | 0.0014% |
| 1907 | #1,861 | 6 | 0.0019% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Bluma Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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