Umeko
Umeko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Umeko Ando , Japanese musician Tsuda Umeko , Japanese educator
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Umeko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Umeko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Umeko Ando , Japanese musician Tsuda Umeko , Japanese educator
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Umeko
American parents first put Umeko on the record books as a baby girl name in 1916, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 9 Umekos were born — ranking #8,501 that year. About 46% of every Umeko on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Umeko last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Umeko
Umeko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Umeko's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #8,501. Use the chart and map above to compare Umeko'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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