girls:
493 births since 2008
#5223 (9th percentile)
boys:
21 births since 2018
#4565 (0th percentile)
overall:
514 births since 2008
#7225 (7th percentile)
The name Lumi is the #7,225 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 514 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,223 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 493 births since 2008. For boys, it ranks #4,565 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 2018.
Lumi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (2008 for girls and 2018 for boys).
The name Lumi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.5% of babies named Lumi were girls.
For girls, Lumi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #873) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 50 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lumi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #866 (8.6% percentile) with 49 births per million.
For boys, Lumi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #908) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Lumi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #908 (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lumi".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Lumi is pronounced as LUE-mee, which has 2 syllables.
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