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Umi

#7,106 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Umi has been given to 212 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #7,106 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 24 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Umi, 2025

1 in 207,000

Umi over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Umi over time

In 2025, Umi went to 76% girls and 24% boys.

20062025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Umi: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Umi means

Umi is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Umi is used in Sakizaya.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Sakizaya, Umi is pronounced /u.ˈmi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 185 girls were recorded with the name Umi between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2021; its best national rank was #5,386 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,190 in 2020 to #7,106 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,770 in 2015 to #7,106 in 2025.

In the United States, 27 boys were recorded with the name Umi between 2020 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2021; its best national rank was #8,772 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,915 in 2020 to #13,741 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.

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How common is Umi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,106
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Umi 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 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Umi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Umis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Umi was born before 2020 — so the typical Umi is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
53.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
185
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Choose a decade

2020s — 53.5% of all recorded uses (99).

Is Umi 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
+1,799
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,084
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,664
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.78×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2021 (24)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,386
2021

Where Umi is used

Across 1910–2025, Umi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 889,599 across all states with data.

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

Umi around the world

Where Umi 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
  • France
    2015–2025
    #5,023
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2019
    #2,941
    in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Umi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,106
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,084
Best rank ever
#5,386
2021
Peak year
2021
24 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
185
Count in 2025
16

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,741
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,826
Best rank ever
#8,772
2021
Peak year
2021
9 that year
First recorded
2020
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
27
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Umi

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

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