Ume

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Ume has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2014. 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 2014, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Ume, 2014

1 in 741,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ume: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Japanese

What Ume means

Ume is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ume is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Ume between 2014 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2014; its best national rank was #19,024 in 2014.

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.

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How common is Ume?

Ume had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 741,000; 5 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ume 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 2014 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 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ume. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Umes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ume was born before 2014 — so the typical Ume is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Ume 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 2014 (5)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #19,024; 2014

Ume around the world

Where Ume 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
2000–2025
#4,201
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Ume 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: #19,024; 2014
Peak year: 2014; 5 that year
First recorded: 2014
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ume

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

Umeyo Umeno Umeyma Suzume Umeki Blume Umekia Yume Umeko Autume Nyakume Umeka

Sibling names for Ume

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

Honesty Elayna Alaysia Montserrat Amia Priya Adilene Yamileth

For a brother

Jai Vihaan Casen Gannon Constantine Cain Anders Branson

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