Megumi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘Blessing’
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Megumi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 13th most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 447(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 188K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 78K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 191 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 447 (inferred from the name graph)
≈280,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘Blessing’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Megumi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #13 | ≈280,000 est. | ≈1 in 447 | — | Megumi | 163 |
| US United States | — | 1,774 | 1 in 188K | 1.8K | Megumi | 191 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 89K | 1 | — | — |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 162K | — | Megumi | 12 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 564K | — | Megumi | 19 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Megumi | 16 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 141K | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Megumi Yokotab. 1964JPKidnapped Japanese child (1964-)
- Megumi Ogatab. 1965JPJapanese voice actress
- Megumi Urawab. 1965JPJapanese voice actress
- Megumi Hayashibarab. 1967JPJapanese voice actress, singer and actress
- Megumi Igarashib. 1972JPJapanese sculptor, manga artist, Sex-positive feminist (born 1972)
- Megumi Oharab. 1975JPJapanese seiyū
- Megumi Toyoguchib. 1978JPJapanese voice actress
- Megumi Okinab. 1979JPJapanese actor and singer
- Megumi Satob. 1984JPJapanese actress
- Megumi Hanb. 1989JPJapanese actress and voice actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #8,213 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1997 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 20 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 19 | #8,213 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 19 | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Megumi mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘Blessing’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Megumi a male or female name?
- Megumi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Megumi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 281 thousand people named Megumi in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled megumi.
- How common is the name Megumi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,774 people named Megumi in 2020, about 1 in 188 thousand residents.
- How common is Megumi compared with other names?
- In Japan, Megumi is the 13th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/megumiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Megumi” — the 13th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.