Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Katsumi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 270
- 265 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 28 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 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.
Katsumi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Katsumi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 克実. In Japanese usage, Katsumi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 克己. In Japanese usage, Katsumi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 克美.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Katsumi
- Katsumi OenokiJapanese association football player and managerborn 1965
- Katsumi YusaJapanese association football playerborn 1988
- Katsumi SuzukiJapanese association football playerborn 1969
- Katsumi MatsumuraJapanese volleyball playerborn 1944
- Katsumi NakamuraJapanese swimmerborn 1994
- Katsumi TezukaJapanese actor and baseball player1912–1967
- Katsumi YamadaJapanese skier1905–1970
- Katsumi ChōJapanese voice actorborn 1951
- Katsumi NomizuJapanese-American mathematician1924–2008
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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