Fun Facts About the Name Ayumi
- 614 babies named Ayumi: U.S. records list 614 babies given the name Ayumi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ayumi Mean?
Ayumi is a Japanese given name, usually feminine. Its core is the native Japanese word ayumi (歩み), meaning "walk," "step," or "progress." It is often written with the characters 歩美, where 歩 contributes the sense of walking or advancing and 美 means "beauty"; that spelling is commonly interpreted as "beautiful walk" or "beauty of progress." This is a customary reading of the written name rather than a single fixed translation. Japanese given names can be written with different kanji, and Ayumi also appears as 亜由美, 亜弓, or in hiragana as あゆみ. In spellings other than 歩美, the meaning comes from the individual characters chosen, so the name does not have one universally agreed meaning beyond its sound and its connection to the word ayumi.
Ayumi Name History & Origins
Ayumi is formed within Japanese naming practice rather than from a biblical, Greek, or Latin root. The sound comes from the verb ayumu (歩む), "to walk" or "to advance," and its noun form ayumi, "a walk, a step, progress." Japanese parents traditionally choose kanji for a name based on both sound and meaning. The spelling 歩美 uses 歩 for the walking or progress sense and 美, a common element in feminine names meaning "beauty." A single-character spelling, 歩, and other combinations, such as 亜由美 or 亜弓, are also used; in those cases the meaning follows the characters chosen, and the hiragana form あゆみ presents the name as sound without kanji meaning. Ayumi is used as a feminine given name in Japan, and outside Japan it is generally recognized as a Japanese name rather than as a name with an independent English-language development.
How Popular is the Name Ayumi?
Ayumi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #4,758 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,194 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #7,266 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #4,758 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #7,687 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #5,779 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #4,897 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #7,070 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #6,561 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #10,064 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,477 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #5,684 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #6,019 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #6,042 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #5,420 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #5,760 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #6,212 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #5,559 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #7,118 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #7,435 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #6,161 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #7,954 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #9,345 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #10,538 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #8,926 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #7,001 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #13,369 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,413 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #12,264 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #8,896 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #5,996 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #9,676 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,650 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #8,127 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #11,658 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #5,582 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #8,109 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #7,753 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #8,068 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #7,819 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #10,820 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #6,846 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #10,531 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,627 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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