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Yumi

Girl

Meaning of Yumi: Japanese: 'reason, beauty'

Yumi is a girl's name most strongly associated with Japanese naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2914th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 3015th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2914

55 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#3015

8 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,022

First recorded 1960 · peak 2025

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 13 babies1982: 8 babies1983: 13 babies1984: 12 babies1985: 10 babies1986: 12 babies1987: 10 babies1988: 12 babies1989: 7 babies1990: 14 babies19901991: 11 babies1992: 10 babies1993: 17 babies1994: 10 babies1995: 10 babies1996: 9 babies1997: 14 babies1998: 8 babies1999: 9 babies2000: 8 babies20002001: 18 babies2002: 13 babies2003: 13 babies2004: 11 babies2005: 22 babies2006: 12 babies2007: 22 babies2008: 19 babies2009: 22 babies2010: 22 babies20102011: 25 babies2012: 27 babies2013: 21 babies2014: 26 babies2015: 29 babies2016: 35 babies2017: 22 babies2018: 35 babies2019: 31 babies2020: 28 babies20202021: 42 babies2022: 47 babies2023: 36 babies2024: 53 babies2025: 55 babies
US babies named Yumi per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 55.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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