Sommer

#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births

Peak · girls
1977 · 464 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,080
since 1966

Sommer over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sommer has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #441, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,87827
2024#4,56030
2023#4,45431
2022#3,82739
2021#3,43545
2020#4,64828
2019#4,43731
2018#3,61442
2017#5,33824
2016#7,23016
2015#4,23234
2014#3,92538
2013#4,15635
2012#3,52345
2011#3,65942
2010#3,01056
2009#3,40948
2008#2,58472
2007#2,27685
2006#2,09893
2005#1,755112
2004#1,781107
2003#1,92594
2002#1,606115
2001#1,246159
2000#1,270153
1999#1,199160
1998#1,088178
1997#1,079174
1996#1,119162
1995#902210
1994#1,018182
1993#1,211143
1992#1,83078
1991#1,64291
1990#1,67088
1989#1,414105
1988#1,392101
1987#1,209119
1986#1,272106
1985#1,037145
1984#988146
1983#1,015139
1982#850183
1981#735224
1980#650281
1979#572318
1978#530346
1977#441464
1976#849161
1975#1,45970
1974#3,21221
1973#2,75325
1972#4,30013
1971#3,78916
1970#3,43518
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1968#5,6427
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1966#6,5645
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five girls were named Sommer! It came in at #6,564, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sommer is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,014 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,487 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,801 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 22,844 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedWVVirginia: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,176 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #685 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,390 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sommer, so not publishedHITexas: #1,298 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 14,255 girlsTXFlorida: #863 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,102 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#685 · 1 in 6,390
  2. Virginia#741 · 1 in 7,176
  3. Florida#863 · 1 in 8,102
  4. Michigan#1,014 · 1 in 11,487
  5. Texas#1,298 · 1 in 14,255

Best ever in a state: #104 in North Dakota, 1977.

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North Carolina#68561 in 6,390
Virginia#74151 in 7,176
Florida#86391 in 8,102
Michigan#1,01451 in 11,487
Texas#1,29891 in 14,255
California#1,801101 in 22,844
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sommer
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 318 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #4,878)
  • 230 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #4,878)
  • 646 spots since 2015 (#4,232 → #4,878)
  • Biggest jump: 610 spots in 1976 (#1,459 → #849)
  • Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1996 (#902 → #1,119)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1977 at #441 (464 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1976–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,304
  • Highest: 1 in 3,304 girls born in 1977 were named Sommer (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 59,528 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 25.5% of all girls named Sommer (1,549) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s12#5,642 (1968)#6,103
1970s1,452#441 (1977)#2,134
1980s1,549#650 (1980)#1,056
1990s1,466#902 (1995)#1,276
2000s1,038#1,246 (2001)#1,995
2010s363#3,010 (2010)#4,312
2020s200#3,435 (2021)#4,300

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.

Sommer in 1988

girls
#1,392
101 births · 1 in 17,632 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #1,392Sommer101
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 17,632 of them was named Sommer, which outranked 90.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sommer
  1. #1,384Latanya102
  2. #1,384Patsy102
  3. #1,384Tawni102
  4. #1,392Sommer101
  5. #1,392Afton101
  6. #1,392Arianne101
  7. #1,392Blaire101
  8. #1,400Ashlynn100
  9. #1,400Latricia100
  10. #1,400Leighann100

Tied with 7 names at #1,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →