Sumiko

Where Sumiko comes from

Borrowed from Japanese すみこ (Sumiko).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sumiko
  • Japanese
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,634 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Peak, #1,261
    39 babies named Sumiko — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1931
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,876.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.