Sayumi
Sayumi is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Sayumi Horie , Japanese television announcer Sayumi Michishige , Japanese singer, model and actress Sayumi Suzushiro , Japanese voice actress Sayumi Watabe , Japanese voice actress
Meaning & Origin of Sayumi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sayumi is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Sayumi Horie , Japanese television announcer Sayumi Michishige , Japanese singer, model and actress Sayumi Suzushiro , Japanese voice actress Sayumi Watabe , Japanese voice actress
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The Story of Sayumi
Sayumi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2011, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 8 Sayumis were born — ranking #12,198 that year. As of 2026, Sayumi ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 48 Sayumis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sayumi
Sayumi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2011 and has accumulated 48 births in the dataset. Sayumi's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #12,198. Use the chart and map above to compare Sayumi'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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