Fun Facts About the Name Mayumi
- 697 babies named Mayumi: U.S. records list 697 babies given the name Mayumi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mayumi Mean?
Mayumi is a Japanese feminine given name whose meaning depends on the kanji chosen to write it, as is true of most Japanese names. The best-known association is 真弓, literally "true bow": 真 (ma) means "true, genuine," and 弓 (yumi) means "bow." The compound itself is older than the given name - 真弓 (mayumi) is a word for a bow made from the spindle tree (檀), whose wood was used for archery.
Other spellings give other senses. 真由美 (ma-yu-mi) joins 真 "true" with 由 "reason, cause" and 美 "beauty"; 麻由美 uses 麻 (ma, "hemp") mainly for its sound; 繭美 pairs 繭 (mayu, "cocoon") with 美 "beauty." In such names the characters are generally chosen for their favorable associations rather than to form a sentence, so no single definition covers every person named Mayumi. The gloss "true bow" applies only to the 真弓 spelling.
Mayumi Name History & Origins
Japanese given names are normally written in kanji, so one pronunciation such as Mayumi can stand for many different written forms. The oldest layer behind the name is the word 真弓 (mayumi), a bow of spindle-tree wood; 弓 "bow" also forms other names, such as Yumi and Yumiko. Feminine Japanese names very often end in 美 (mi, "beauty"), as in Megumi and Naomi, which helps explain how common the closing -mi sound is in women's names; Mayumi shares the sound but not always the character.
Emigration from Japan beginning in the late nineteenth century, especially to Hawaii and the west coast of the United States and later to Brazil and Peru, carried the name into Japanese communities abroad, where it is usually written in roman letters. In English it is commonly stressed on the second syllable, and the kanji that give the name its meaning in Japan are generally not visible to English-speaking readers.
How Popular is the Name Mayumi?
Mayumi 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 2025. Its best rank was #3,628 in 2025.
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 | #3,628 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #4,337 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2023 | #4,421 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2022 | #5,418 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #5,347 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #7,109 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #7,220 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #6,699 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #6,719 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #7,117 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #6,168 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #6,358 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #7,276 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #5,507 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #6,488 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #7,114 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #12,106 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #4,975 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #7,632 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #6,755 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2005 | #9,246 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #17,870 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #15,105 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #13,141 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #11,682 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #10,441 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #13,527 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #10,445 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #10,193 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #11,311 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #7,429 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #12,852 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #11,256 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #9,071 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #8,963 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #8,487 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #9,952 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #10,729 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #10,383 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #10,159 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #7,769 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #6,681 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #7,865 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #6,176 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #8,632 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #5,822 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #10,634 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #5,083 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1973 | #5,872 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #7,005 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #9,125 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #7,470 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #7,435 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #7,282 | 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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