Yumi
Meaning
beautiful bow, beautiful reason
The story
Two million people of Japanese descent live in Brazil, and for more than a century their families have been solving the same small problem: how to give a child a name that works in Portuguese out loud and in Japanese at home. The answers are more inventive than a compromise.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yumi peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,561 people · the #6,087 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 125,000 · median age 8
Among people named Yumi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 406 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Yumi
Most people given the name Yumi in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Yumi deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Yumi truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Yumi fits with your family’s names and surname.
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