Umut
Umut is a name with a single cultural origin: Turkish.
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Umut
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Umut is a name with a single cultural origin: Turkish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Umut
The earliest SSA record of Umut as a baby boy name dates back to 1999, when 6 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Umut — #8,287 in the national rankings. About 48% of every Umut on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Umut last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 58 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Umut
Phonetically similar names — useful when Umut is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Imit
- Imet
- Emot
- Immit
- Emmott
- Unut
- Ahmet
- Omet
- Amate
- Aamodt
- Amot
- Ammut
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Umut
Umut is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 58 births in the dataset. Umut's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #8,287. Use the chart and map above to compare Umut'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.