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Natsumi

#12,799 in 2025Girls' name

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Natsumi has been given to 275 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #12,799 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Natsumi, 2025

1 in 474,000

Natsumi over time, 1880–2025

Girls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Natsumi: meaning, origin, and history

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Japanese

What Natsumi means

Natsumi is documented with more than one possible Japanese character combination. The Latin-letter spelling records a pronunciation; it does not specify one unique kanji spelling or one universal meaning.

Possible character meanings include summer, beautiful.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Natsumi is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /nä.t͡sɨᵝ.mi/ for Natsumi.

Origin, language, and formation

Natsumi is used in English and French. Its origins include Japanese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Natsumi is pronounced /nat.su.mi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 275 girls were recorded with the name Natsumi between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1993; its best national rank was #7,336 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,086 in 2020 to #12,799 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,857 in 2015 to #12,799 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Natsumi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,799
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Natsumi 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 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Natsumi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Natsumis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Natsumi was born before 2006 — so the typical Natsumi is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
29.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
275
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 29.1% of all recorded uses (80).

Is Natsumi 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
+4,171
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+287
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,058
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.17×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.3%
Peak was 1993 (12)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,336
1993

Where Natsumi is used

Across 1910–2025, Natsumi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,067,518 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 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. Natsumi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Natsumi around the world

Where Natsumi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2011
    #5,785
    in 2011
  • France
    1986–2006
    #4,506
    in 2006
  • Canada
    2022–2022
    #3,322
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Natsumi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,799
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 287
Best rank ever
#7,336
1993
Peak year
1993
12 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
275
Count in 2025
7

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