Sumako
Sumako Matsui was a Japanese actress and singer. Born as Masako Kobayashi in Matsushiro, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture as the fifth daughter and last of nine children of Tohta Kobayashi, she was adopted by the Hasegawa family in Ueda at the age of six and in 1900 graduated Ueda school.
Meaning & Origin of Sumako
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sumako Matsui was a Japanese actress and singer. Born as Masako Kobayashi in Matsushiro, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture as the fifth daughter and last of nine children of Tohta Kobayashi, she was adopted by the Hasegawa family in Ueda at the age of six and in 1900 graduated Ueda school.
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The Story of Sumako
American parents first put Sumako on the record books as a baby girl name in 1915, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 7 Sumakos were born — ranking #3,971 that year. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Sumakos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1932 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 34 Sumakos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sumako
Sumako is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Sumako's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #3,971. Use the chart and map above to compare Sumako'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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