Kumiko
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘Long-lived, beautiful child’
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kumɪkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kumiko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 913(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 267K
- AOAngola≈1 in 28K
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
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 913 (inferred from the name graph)
≈140,000 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)
‘Long-lived, beautiful child’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kumiko 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 | #106 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 913 | — | Kumiko | 142 |
| CN China | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 484K | — | Kumiko | 11 |
| US United States | — | 1,244 | 1 in 267K | 1.2K | Kumiko | 171 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Kumiko | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 335K | listed | Kumiko | 25 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈84 est. | ≈1 in 87K | — | Kumiko | 10 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 125K | — | Kumiko | 16 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 117K | 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; the hanks-first-names-2001 register; 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)
- Kumiko Ōsugib. 1951JPJapanese singer and voice actor (1951-)
- Kumiko Takizawab. 1952JPJapanese voice actress (1952–2022)
- Kumiko Hironakab. 1954JPJapanese seiyū
- Kumiko Okaeb. 1956JPJapanese actress, voice actress and television presenter (1956-2020)
- Kumiko Morib. 1959JPJapanese voice actress
- Kumiko Harab. 1970JPJapanese pin-up model
- Kumiko Gotob. 1974JPJapanese model, talent, actress
- Kumiko Endōb. 1978JPJapanese actress and voice actress
- Kumiko Imurab. 1981JPJapanese sprinter, long jumper, hurdler, coach
- Kumi Kōdab. 1982JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #10,611 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 5 | — |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
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 Kumiko mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘Long-lived, beautiful child’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Kumiko?
- A machine transcription gives /kumɪkoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Kumiko a male or female name?
- Kumiko 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 Kumiko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 137 thousand people named Kumiko in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kumiko.
- How common is the name Kumiko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,244 people named Kumiko in 2020, about 1 in 267 thousand residents.
- How common is Kumiko compared with other names?
- In Japan, Kumiko is the 106th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kumiko?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kumikoThe 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, “Kumiko” — the 106th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.