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.
- #42,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak 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.
- #42,486 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Umu ranks #42,486 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #42,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Umu's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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 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
2010s is the heaviest window (22 births, 81% of the file).
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).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Umu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2007–2019 (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 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 August 2026.