Yumi
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Yumi is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Yumi mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yumi a girl's or a boy's name?
Yumi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yumi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 240% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Yumi, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yumi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Yumi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Yumi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,998th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Yumi, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had the most girls named Yumi of any year since it first appeared, in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Yumi in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yumi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,047 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Yumi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki, Suki, Rumi, Yuna, Yumna, Miri, Dakota, Kiyomi, Minha, Kyomi, Mika, Tori
Names related to Yumi
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Emi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen, Sora
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yumi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yumi, updated 20 October 2026.