Sumiko
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 618since 1912
Sumiko over time
Rank among girls' names. Sumiko has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
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| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
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| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,611 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sumiko! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sumiko is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#52 · 1 in 206
- California#282 · 1 in 2,043
Best ever in a state: #38 in Hawaii, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #52 | 18 | 1 in 206 |
| California | #282 | 18 | 1 in 2,043 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sumiko
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1927 at #1,261 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 30,575 girls born in 1927 were named Sumiko (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 47.9% of all girls named Sumiko (296) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 76 | #2,063 (1919) | #2,668 |
| 1920s | 296 | #1,261 (1927) | #1,512 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,499 (1930) | #2,466 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,954 (1941) | #4,264 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 25 | #5,580 (1973) | #7,852 |
| 1980s | 55 | #2,866 (1980) | #8,479 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,778 (1994) | #12,610 |
| 2000s | 16 | #13,154 (2000) | #16,098 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sumiko in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 30,575 of them was named Sumiko, which outranked 77.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,233Ula40
- #1,233Vena40
- #1,233Zenobia40
- #1,261Sumiko39
- #1,261Alfred39
- #1,261Arrie39
- #1,261Athena39
- #1,278Ardath38
- #1,278Carleen38
- #1,278Carlotta38
Tied with 16 names at #1,261; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.