Umeko

Girls' name

From Japanese うめこ; literal meaning unconfirmed

Umeko has been given to 52 babies in the U.S. since 1916. 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 1990, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Umeko, 1993

1 in 538,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Umeko: meaning, origin, and history

From Japanese うめこ; literal meaning unconfirmed

Japanese

What Umeko means

Umeko is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Umeko is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

Umeko comes through Japanese うめこ.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 52 girls were recorded with the name Umeko between 1916 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1990; its best national rank was #4,361 in 1916.

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 Umeko?

Umeko had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 538,000; 7 of 3,768,729 births
Among girls only: 1 in 258,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 373,185 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Umeko 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 1993 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 373,185 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Umeko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Umekos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Umeko was born before 1987 — so the typical Umeko is around 38 today.

Median birth year: 1987; About 38 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 46.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 67.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 35; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 46.2% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Umeko 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 1990 (9)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,361; 1916

Spellings of Umeko

Umeko is not the most common spelling — Emiko is, with 41.3% against Umeko's 1.2%.

Emiko41.3%1,850
Fumiko16.1%721
Meka13.9%623
Sumiko13.8%618
Miko13.7%613
Umeko1.2%52

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.

Umeko 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: #4,361; 1916
Peak year: 1990; 9 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 52
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Umeko

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

Umeka Umeki Taeko Umeno Mieko Umekia Takeko Timeko Umeyo Meko Saeko Sueko Miyeko Tsuneko Tayeko Kimeko Eko Umeyma Tomeko Yoneko Yaeko Kameko Moeko Yayeko

Sibling names for Umeko

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

Kacy Kortney Mai Shante Kathryne Jessika Brittni Kristian

For a brother

Laron Dejuan Antwon Akeem Tyron Shay Elizabeth Kelsey

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