How Many People Are Named Sumiko?

145

people named Sumiko are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 2,357,136 people in the US has this name

Based on 618 babies named Sumiko in Social Security records from 1912 to 2011, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#32,294

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#18,909

See the top 100

Peak Year

1927

39 births

Trend

2011

Last year given

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Japanese
Pronunciation: SOO-MEE-KO
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From Japanese 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Sumiko in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Sumiko alive today is about 52 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 81 in 2025.

Under 30 21
14.5%
30 to 59 87
60%
60 and over 37
25.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Sumiko first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1927, to 39 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2011.

Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2011

🏆 Rank History

Sumiko has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,275, in 1927.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,275 (1927)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,505 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Sumiko alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Sumiko were born in California than in any other state: about 16 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sumiko was given 174.7 times as often in Hawaii and 13.5 times in California.

California 16
Hawaii 11
Texas 5

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