Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 0 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 7 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 831 as a first name in 2020; 157 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mami’s family of names
Mami has a related form in Mamie. In Japanese usage, Mami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 真実. In Japanese usage, Mami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 真美.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mami
- Mami YamaguchiJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Mami UenoJapanese association football playerborn 1996
- Mami KoyamaJapanese actress, voice actress and narratorborn 1955
- Mami UmekiJapanese judokaborn 1994
- Mami KingetsuJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1965
- Mami KawadaJapanese pop singerborn 1980
- Mami NaitoJapanese badminton playerborn 1986
- MamiJapanese musicianborn 1990
- Mami UchisetoJapanese volleyball playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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