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Nozomi

#14,466 in 2025Girls' name

Hope or wish

Nozomi has been given to 143 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #14,466 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Nozomi, 2025

1 in 553,000

Nozomi over time, 1880–2025

Girls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nozomi: meaning, origin, and history

Hope or wish

Japanese

What Nozomi means

Nozomi means “hope or wish”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Nozomi is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /no̞.zo̞.mi/ for Nozomi.

Origin, language, and formation

Nozomi is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

Nozomi comes through Japanese のぞみ.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 143 girls were recorded with the name Nozomi between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2021; its best national rank was #9,381 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,880 in 2020 to #14,466 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 Nozomi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#14,466
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nozomi 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nozomi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nozomis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nozomi was born before 2011 — so the typical Nozomi is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
28.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
143
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 28.7% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Nozomi 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
−2,589
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,414
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
60.0%
Peak was 2021 (10)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,381
1989

Spellings of Nozomi

Nozomi is not the most common spelling — Naomi is, with 83.1% against Nozomi's 0.06%.

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.

Nozomi around the world

Where Nozomi 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
    1999–2010
    #5,707
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    2000–2000
    #727
    in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Nozomi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,466
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,414
Best rank ever
#9,381
1989
Peak year
2021
10 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
143
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Nozomi

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

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Sibling names for Nozomi

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

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