Boys' name · since 1999
Umut
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 58 babies named Umut, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,183 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Umut is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 58 have been recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Umut has been recorded 58 times among boys since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #21,183 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 58 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Umut ranks #21,183 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,183 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Umut's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Umut's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Umut's full recorded timeline at 2018, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Umut popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
58 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 9 births in a single year.
Umut by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (28 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Umut's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Umut births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (48% of all-time use).
Umut decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Umut: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Umut 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.
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