Narumi
Narumi (鳴海) is a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea". Narumi is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
Meaning & Origin of Narumi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Narumi (鳴海) is a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea". Narumi is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
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The Story of Narumi
Narumi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 9 Narumis were born — ranking #10,377 that year. As of 2026, Narumi ranks #11,069 for baby girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 45 Narumis 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 Narumi
Narumi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 45 births in the dataset. Narumi's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #10,377. Use the chart and map above to compare Narumi'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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