Given name
Ayumi
Ayumi is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English, French, and Tagalog.
Original Japanese阿由美
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ayumi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 609
- 0 boys · 609 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,194 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,194 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,183 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ayumi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Ayumi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あゆみ. In Filipino usage, Ayumi was borrowed from the Japanese form あゆみ. In Japanese usage, Ayumi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あゆ実.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 52
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 阿由美original script · Japanese
- 阿佑美original script · Japanese
- 亜友美original script · Japanese
- 亜夕美original script · Japanese
- 亜輸美original script · Japanese
- 明由美original script · Japanese
- 亜有美original script · Japanese
- 亜由実original script · Japanese
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- 亜侑実original script · Japanese
- 亜優美original script · Japanese
- 亜侑美original script · Japanese
- 亜佑巳original script · Japanese
- 亜佑美original script · Japanese
- 亜佑実original script · Japanese
- 亜裕美original script · Japanese
- 亜結実original script · Japanese
- 安祐美original script · Japanese
- 愛結実original script · Japanese
- 亜由美original script · Japanese
- 亜優実original script · Japanese
- 亜優巳original script · Japanese
- 亜優海original script · Japanese
- 亜友実original script · Japanese
- 亜友未original script · Japanese
- 亜唯美original script · Japanese
- 亜夕実original script · Japanese
- 亜悠実original script · Japanese
- 亜裕実original script · Japanese
- 亜結美original script · Japanese
- 亜結深original script · Japanese
- 亜祐美original script · Japanese
- 亜祐海original script · Japanese
- 亜祐未original script · Japanese
- 亜祐弥original script · Japanese
- 亜祐実original script · Japanese
- 亜悠海original script · Japanese
- 亜悠美original script · Japanese
- 亜有実original script · Japanese
- 亜有望original script · Japanese
- 亜有未original script · Japanese
- 亜柚実original script · Japanese
- 亜由巳original script · Japanese
- 亜由未original script · Japanese
- 杏結実original script · Japanese
- 鮎己original script · Japanese
- 歩美original script · Japanese
- 歩実original script · Japanese
- 安結実original script · Japanese
- あゆみoriginal script · Japanese
- あゆ実original script · Japanese
- 希海original script · Japanese
- 歩original script · Japanese
People named Ayumi
- Ayumi HamasakiJapanese singer, songwriter, and actressborn 1978
- Ayumi KaihoriJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Ayumi HaraJapanese association football playerborn 1979
- Ayumi MoritaJapanese tennis playerborn 1990
- Ayumi TanimotoJapanese judokaborn 1981
- Ayumi NiekawaJapanese association football playerborn 1994
- Ayumi IshidaJapanese singer, actress, dancer and modelborn 1997
- Ayumi FujimuraJapanese voice actressborn 1982
- Lee AhyumiSouth Korean-Japanese singer and actress (1984-)
Characters named Ayumi: Ayumi Yoshida (Case Closed).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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