Sumie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sumie

The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Sumie between 1915 and 1940, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sumie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sumie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sumie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sumie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sumie 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 223 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.