Given name
Yumiko
“a beautiful bow”
Yumiko is a variant of Yumi. One Japanese interpretation is “a beautiful bow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yumiko is a variant of Yumi. One Japanese interpretation is “a beautiful bow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yumiko is a variant of Yumi. An origin associated with Yumi is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yumiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 290
- 0 boys · 290 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,400 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,400 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,681 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.
Yumiko’s family of names
Yumiko has a related form in Yumi. In Japanese usage, Yumiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ゆみこ. In Japanese usage, Yumiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佑実子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 20
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 由美子original script · Japanese
- 祐美子original script · Japanese
- 優美子original script · Japanese
- 有美子original script · Japanese
- 裕実子original script · Japanese
- 侑実子original script · Japanese
- 由実子original script · Japanese
- 結実子original script · Japanese
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- 愉実子original script · Japanese
- 祐実子original script · Japanese
- 佑実子original script · Japanese
- 夢実子original script · Japanese
- 悠実子original script · Japanese
- 弓子original script · Japanese
- 有実子original script · Japanese
- ゆみこoriginal script · Japanese
- 夕美子original script · Japanese
- 裕美子original script · Japanese
- 友実子original script · Japanese
- 湯実子original script · Japanese
People named Yumiko
- Yumiko IgarashiJapanese manga artistborn 1950
- Yumiko KobayashiJapanese voice actor and singerborn 1979
- Yumiko Shigesailor1965–2018
- Yumiko ShakuJapanese actress and modelborn 1978
- Yumiko ŌshimaJapanese manga artistborn 1947
- Yumiko ChengHong Kong actress and singerborn 1981
- Yumiko KurahashiJapanese writer (1935-2005)
- RyōJapanese actress and modelborn 1973
- Yumiko FujiiJapanese softball playerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.