Sumi — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sumi

The Social Security Administration has registered 206 babies named Sumi between 1916 and 2023, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sumi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sumi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sumi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sumi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sumi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 206 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.