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Yumi

Meaning Borrowed from Japanese ゆみ (Yumi) Gender Girl Rank 2025 #3,027 Trend ↑ Rising 59%

Borrowed from Japanese ゆみ (Yumi).

Rank 2025
#3,027
among girls · ↑53 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
55
named Yumi · +4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 29,223
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
55 babies
All-time total
1,022
#7,404 all-time among girls
First recorded
1960
in Social Security records

Yumi popularity over time

1,022 babies have been named Yumi since 1960, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.020.030.0418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 56 6 – #4,621
1970s 53 5 -5% #5,748
1980s 107 11 +102% #5,456
1990s 112 11 +5% #5,671
2000s 160 16 +43% #5,793
2010s 273 27 +71% #4,140
2020s (to 2025) 261 44 +59% #3,027

Where Yumi is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 59 0.04 outside top 500
2027 63 0.04 outside top 500
2028 67 0.04 outside top 500
2029 70 0.04 outside top 500
2030 72 0.05 outside top 500

The story of Yumi

Yumi is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #3,027 in 2025 with 55 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1960, 1,022 American babies have been named Yumi. Its peak came in 2025, when 55 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Yumi stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Yumi?

The median living Yumi is about 14 years old; half are between 5 and 32. An estimated 1,000 people named Yumi are alive in the United States today.

median 14 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Yumi year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 55 #3,027
2024 53 #3,080
2023 36 #4,109
2022 47 #3,415
2021 42 #3,673
2020 28 #4,753
2019 31 #4,541
2018 35 #4,140
2017 22 #5,815
2016 35 #4,243
2015 29 #4,849
2014 26 #5,308
2013 21 #6,249
2012 27 #5,251
2011 25 #5,539
2010 22 #6,175
2009 22 #6,309
2008 19 #7,064
2007 22 #6,317
2006 12 #9,894
2005 22 #5,793
2004 11 #9,877
2003 13 #8,493
2002 13 #8,274
2001 18 #6,316
2000 8 #11,781
1995 10 #8,757
1990 14 #6,461
1985 10 #6,952
1980 10 #6,788
1975 – –
1970 5 #9,346
1965 6 #6,535
1960 5 #7,319
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
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1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Yumi

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Yumi Matsutoya Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1954) Contemporary
  2. 2 Yumi Obe Japanese footballer and manager b. 1975 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Yumi Tomei Japanese footballer b. 1972 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Yumi Watanabe Japanese footballer b. 1970 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Yumi Uetsuji Japanese footballer (born 1987) Contemporary
  6. 6 Yumi Umeoka Japanese footballer b. 1950 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Yumi, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Yumi?

The median living Yumi is about 14 years old. Half of all living Yumis are between 5 and 32 years old.

How many people named Yumi are alive today?

An estimated 1,000 people named Yumi are alive in the United States, based on 1,022 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Yumi mean?

Borrowed from Japanese ゆみ (Yumi).

How popular is the name Yumi in 2025?

Yumi ranked #3,027 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 55 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Yumi?

1,022 babies have been named Yumi in the United States since 1960, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Yumi most popular?

Yumi peaked in 2025, when 55 newborns received the name.

Is Yumi a boy or girl name?

Yumi is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Yumi rising or falling?

Yumi is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Yumi become more popular?

Yumi is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 72 girls named Yumi in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Yumi?

Well-known people named Yumi include Yumi Matsutoya (singer), Yumi Obe (soccer player), Yumi Tomei (soccer player).

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