Girls' name · since 1960

Yumi

Yumi has 1,022 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#7,406 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,011 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,022
born since 1960
2010s
peak decade

1,022 babies have been named Yumi since 1960, making it today's #3011 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yumi has been recorded 1,022 times among girls since 1960, currently ranked #3011 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.

  • #7,406 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #3,011 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,022 born since 1960
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yumi ranks #7,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,011 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,022 born since 1960, peaking in the 2010s.

#7,406 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,011 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,022
born since 1960
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%82.5%
Yumi vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Yumi's 1,022 recorded births place it above 89.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Yumi compares

1,022 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Yumi's all-time total is 172% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yumi Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,022 376 567,345
Peak-year births 55 21 19,840

Yumi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Yumi's full recorded timeline at 1995, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 55 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Yumi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
55
Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
0204060 196019701981198919972005201320212025 55

Yumi by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (273 births, 27% of the file).

2010s was Yumi's strongest decade.

273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.

Yumi births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 273 births (27% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Yumi compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yumi's total volume

Yumi vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -38, 7.8%-71, 6.4%-36, 7%-21, 14%-33, 5.6%-31, 8.2%-109, 4%-28, 9.4%-24, 7.2%-54, 6.3%-33, 7.5%-138, 3%-55, 10.5%-45, 6%-39, 4.5%Yumi-66, 5.4%Yumi
Yumi vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Yumi by state

Where Yumi concentrates geographically, total births since 1960

Regionally concentrated
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Yumi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
209 20.5%
#2 New York
48 4.7%
#3 Texas
27 2.6%
California share of Yumi's total US births 20.5%
Even split

209 of 1,022 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yumi?
1,022 babies have been named Yumi since 1960. All-time, it sits at #7,406 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #3,011 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 55 births.
Where does Yumi sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yumi ranks #7,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,011 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yumi most popular?
Yumi was most popular in the 2010s decade with 273 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Yumi most popular?
The top states for the name Yumi are California (209 births), New York (48 births), Texas (27 births).
How long has the name Yumi been used?
The SSA has tracked Yumi since 1960 -- 66 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Yumi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yumna, Yumiko, Yuma, Yumalay, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Yumi's data

  • Yumi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (273 total births) through the 2020s (261) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Yumis (209 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Yumi

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Yumi

Names with a similar popularity rank to Yumi

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Yumi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1960–2025 (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 Yumi 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.