Total births
27
Girls' name · since 2007
Umu
27 babies named Umu in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 27
- total births
- 2007–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
27 girls have been named Umu since 2007, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Umu recorded 27 times among girls since 2007, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2019.
- 27 total births
- 2007–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 81% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
27 girls have been named Umu since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2019.
- 27
- total births
- 2007–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
81% of everyone ever named Umu was born in this single decade.
2011
Single peak year
9 babies were named Umu in 2011 - its busiest year on record.
Umu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Umu's full recorded timeline at 2016, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Umu at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2011
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2007
Umu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2019
- Peak year (2011)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Umu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Umu's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Umu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 22 births (81% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Umu? ▼
Since 2007, Social Security records show 27 babies named Umu. The most recent recorded year was 2019. Its busiest year on record was 2011, with 9 births.
When was Umu most popular? ▼
Umu was most popular in the 2010s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Umu been used? ▼
Umu has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 13 years of data through 2019.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2007–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Umu: Baby Name Since 2007 - 27 Births, Peak 2011." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/umu. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Umu 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 June 2026.