Girls' name · since 1915
Sumako
34 babies named Sumako in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Sumako sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 1915.
Sumako has 34 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1932.
- #39,648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sumako ranks #39,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #39,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Sumako's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
Sumako's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sumako's full recorded timeline at 1923, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sumako popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1932
- Peak year (1923)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Sumako by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (18 births, 53% of the file).
1920s was Sumako's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Sumako births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 18 births (53% of all-time use).
Sumako by state
Where Sumako concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 5 | 14.7% |
5 of 34 births nationwide.
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- Sumako's decade-level peak was the 1920s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Hawaii records the most Sumakos (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sumako: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1932 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sumako draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.