Sumer
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 86 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,527since 1971
Sumer over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sumer has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #3,196 | 44 |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 |
| 1997 | #2,309 | 58 |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 |
| 1994 | #2,465 | 51 |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,159 | 35 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 |
| 1979 | #1,678 | 66 |
| 1978 | #1,633 | 65 |
| 1977 | #1,331 | 86 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Sumer! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2011, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sumer is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sumer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sumer
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 210 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #11,932)
- 97 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1977 at #1,331 (86 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,827
- Highest: 1 in 17,827 girls born in 1977 were named Sumer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 28.4% of all girls named Sumer (433) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 298 | #1,331 (1977) | #4,123 |
| 1980s | 408 | #1,863 (1980) | #2,515 |
| 1990s | 433 | #2,244 (1995) | #2,939 |
| 2000s | 296 | #2,740 (2001) | #5,276 |
| 2010s | 73 | #5,771 (2010) | #11,001 |
| 2020s | 19 | #11,932 (2025) | #13,089 |
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.
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