Somer
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 152 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,244since 1973
Somer over time
Rank among girls' names. Somer has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #3,961 | 38 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 |
| 2003 | #3,532 | 40 |
| 2002 | #3,196 | 44 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 |
| 2000 | #3,271 | 41 |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 |
| 1997 | #2,138 | 65 |
| 1996 | #1,947 | 73 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 |
| 1986 | #2,025 | 53 |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,657 | 66 |
| 1983 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 |
| 1981 | #1,082 | 129 |
| 1980 | #1,059 | 134 |
| 1979 | #1,161 | 114 |
| 1978 | #932 | 152 |
| 1977 | #1,175 | 105 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Somer! It came in at #7,435, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2018, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Somer is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#666 · 1 in 4,919
- Michigan#767 · 1 in 6,506
- Florida#1,304 · 1 in 12,122
- California#3,084 · 1 in 45,957
Best ever in a state: #386 in Oklahoma, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #666 | 8 | 1 in 4,919 |
| Michigan | #767 | 8 | 1 in 6,506 |
| Florida | #1,304 | 6 | 1 in 12,122 |
| California | #3,084 | 5 | 1 in 45,957 |
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See more about Somer
- 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
- 4,794 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 243 spots in 1978 (#1,175 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1979 (#932 → #1,161)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1978 at #932 (152 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1978
- Highest: 1 in 10,078 girls born in 1978 were named Somer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.3% of all girls named Somer (747) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 461 | #932 (1978) | #2,965 |
| 1980s | 747 | #1,059 (1980) | #1,777 |
| 1990s | 556 | #1,947 (1996) | #2,466 |
| 2000s | 338 | #2,663 (2001) | #4,577 |
| 2010s | 110 | #3,961 (2010) | #10,465 |
| 2020s | 32 | #11,169 (2023) | #13,063 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Somer in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 24,014 of them was named Somer, which outranked 87.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,930Shanae74
- #1,930Shawn74
- #1,930Sierrah74
- #1,947Somer73
- #1,947Angelic73
- #1,947Clarice73
- #1,947Courtnee73
- #1,964Audriana72
- #1,964Aysia72
- #1,964Bella72
Tied with 16 names at #1,947; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.