Izumi
Izumi (泉), meaning "spring" or "source of water", is a Japanese given name and surname. It is sometimes translated as "fountain" in reference to natural springs and should not be confused with architectural fountains, which are called funsui (噴水) in Japanese. While a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can alternately be written as 泉美, 和泉, 泉水, いずみ or いづみ.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Izumi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Izumi (泉), meaning "spring" or "source of water", is a Japanese given name and surname. It is sometimes translated as "fountain" in reference to natural springs and should not be confused with architectural fountains, which are called funsui (噴水) in Japanese. While a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can alternately be written as 泉美, 和泉, 泉水, いずみ or いづみ.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Izumi
Izumi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 20 Izumis were born — ranking #5,978 that year. As of 2026, Izumi ranks #6,143 for baby girls with 19 births, rising sharply (+133% over the past five years). In total, more than 184 Izumis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Izumi
Izumi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 184 births in the dataset. Izumi's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #5,978. Use the chart and map above to compare Izumi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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