The popularity of the name Fumiko seems to have been quite high from around 1910 to the early 1920s, with a peak of 60 births in 1923. However, it declined steadily thereafter, reaching single digits by the mid-1930s and remained low until recent times, with only 5 births each in 1974 and 1986. Overall, there were 721 births named Fumiko over this period.