Fumi

Girls' name

Writing

Fumi has been given to 154 babies in the U.S. since 1911. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Fumi, 1927

1 in 211,000

Fumi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fumi: meaning, origin, and history

Writing

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fumi means

Fumi means “writing”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Fumi is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ɸɯᵝ.mi/ for Fumi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 154 girls were recorded with the name Fumi between 1911 and 1927. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1920; its best national rank was #2,207 in 1920.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Fumi?

Fumi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1927, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1927: 1 in 211,000; 11 of 2,319,281 births
Among girls only: 1 in 108,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1927: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 146,147 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fumi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1927 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 146,147 children born in 1927 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fumi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fumis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fumi was born before 1921 — so the typical Fumi is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 68.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 68.8% of all recorded uses (106).

Is Fumi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (17)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,207; 1920

Spellings of Fumi

Fumi is not the most common spelling — Tami is, with 18.0% against Fumi's 0.07%.

Tami18.0%37,927
Remi10.8%22,881
Jami10.2%21,473
Zuri8.0%16,844
Demi7.0%14,869
Judi4.9%10,351
Rubi4.3%9,051
Kami4.2%8,925

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Fumi is used

Across 1910–2025, Fumi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 223,564 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Fumi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Fumi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,207; 1920
Peak year: 1920; 17 that year
First recorded: 1911
Last recorded: 1927
All-time count: 154
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Fumi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sumi Izumi Umi Fumie Bhumi Azumi Lumi Cumi Kasumi Rumi Yumi Ayumi Fumiye Sayumi Natsumi Megumi Mayumi Fumiyo Fumiko Harumi Narumi Kazumi Hatsumi Kumi

Sibling names for Fumi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Adella Mittie

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Otha Hilton Casimir Edd

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