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Rumi

Unisex

Meaning of Rumi: Japanese: 'beauty and flow'

Rumi is a unisex name most strongly associated with Japanese naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 962nd most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 1353rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#962

256 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1353

24 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,624

First recorded 2002 · peak 2025

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 0 babies2002: 6 babies2003: 0 babies2004: 7 babies2005: 8 babies2006: 11 babies2007: 17 babies2008: 6 babies2009: 13 babies2010: 16 babies20102011: 20 babies2012: 23 babies2013: 30 babies2014: 27 babies2015: 48 babies2016: 53 babies2017: 59 babies2018: 94 babies2019: 119 babies2020: 140 babies20202021: 154 babies2022: 164 babies2023: 166 babies2024: 187 babies2025: 256 babies
US babies named Rumi per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 256.

Gender split

41% boys · 59% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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