girls:
157 births since 2006
#5559 (3rd percentile)
boys:
21 births since 2020
#4565 (0th percentile)
overall:
178 births since 2006
#7561 (2nd percentile)
The name Umi is the #7,561 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 178 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,559 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 157 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,565 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 2020.
Umi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for girls and 2020 for boys). Birth data for Umi is available in 16 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023 (16 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Umi has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.7% of babies named Umi were girls.
For girls, Umi reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #917) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Umi ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 68.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Umi reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #926) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Umi ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Umi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Umi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.6% confident that Umi is pronounced as UE-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YUE-mee, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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