Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fumiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 721
- 0 boys · 721 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 60 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 60 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,242 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.
Fumiko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Fumiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ふみこ. In Japanese usage, Fumiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 不実子. In Japanese usage, Fumiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 典子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 19
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 芙美子original script · Japanese
- 富美子original script · Japanese
- 不実子original script · Japanese
- 文実子original script · Japanese
- 芙実子original script · Japanese
- 歩実子original script · Japanese
- 房実子original script · Japanese
- 扶実子original script · Japanese
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- 甫実子original script · Japanese
- 風実子original script · Japanese
- 府実子original script · Japanese
- 史子original script · Japanese
- 文三子original script · Japanese
- 文美子original script · Japanese
- ふみこoriginal script · Japanese
- 冨実子original script · Japanese
- 典子original script · Japanese
- 郁子original script · Japanese
- Fumicolikely spelling
People named Fumiko
- Fumiko HayashiJapanese writer (1903–1951)
- Fumiko OrikasaJapanese actress, voice actress and singer (born 1974)
- Kaneko FumikoJapanese activist (1903-1926)
- Fumiko YonezawaJapanese theoretical physicist (1938-2019)
- Fumiko HayashiJapanese politicianborn 1946
- Fumiko KometaniJapanese writerborn 1930
- Fumiko SaigaJapanese judge (1943-2009)
- Fumiko TakanoJapanese mangakaborn 1957
- Fumiko UchimuraJapanese seiyū
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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