Summer

#151 for girls in 2025, 1,973 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 2,447 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
91,321
since 1949

Summer over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Summer has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #119, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1511,973—
2024#1422,077#8,9878
2023#1411,971—
2022#1521,876—
2021#1411,961#12,1465
2020#1511,815—
2019#1781,642—
2018#1991,553—
2017#2191,411#9,6967
2016#2001,606#10,7446
2015#1931,692#8,7448
2014#1821,781#5,48516
2013#1861,734—
2012#1751,781#12,2745
2011#1731,817#12,2875
2010#1631,888—
2009#1741,903—
2008#1691,959—
2007#1592,252—
2006#1522,261—
2005#1402,412#11,4725
2004#1402,333#3,36828
2003#1532,212—
2002#1512,213—
2001#1422,314#8,3397
2000#1452,339—
1999#1362,337#7,8747
1998#1312,558—
1997#1312,480—
1996#1372,345#5,18711
1995#1532,124—
1994#1412,239—
1993#1801,617#7,6386
1992#2541,102—
1991#286984#8,2365
1990#2711,021—
1989#288910—
1988#258986—
1987#2471,042#6,0896
1986#2301,127#4,8538
1985#2251,166—
1984#2151,212#3,45912
1983#2161,166#3,63011
1982#2111,262#5,6196
1981#1791,544#4,9617
1980#1591,754#4,4958
1979#1501,861#4,4038
1978#1431,917#3,07013
1977#1192,447#2,27020
1976#2271,072#3,26411
1975#299784—
1974#533314—
1973#752184#4,5056
1972#724197—
1971#863156—
1970#1,16899—
1969#1,25979—
1968#1,67848—
1967#1,70245—
1966#2,02233—
1965#2,20429—
1964#2,07133—
1963#1,95236—
1962#2,81419—
1961#1,95535—
1960#2,24627—
1959#2,45822—
1958#2,86217—
1957#3,15014—
1956#2,53020—
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1954#2,77916—
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1952#2,50218—
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five girls were named Summer! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Summer is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNHWashington: #365 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,399 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #466 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,813 girlsMNIllinois: #1,147 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,919 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedRIOregon: #323 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,805 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #402 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,363 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedUTColorado: #466 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,148 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #401 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,744 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #658 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,305 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Summer, so not publishedHITexas: #793 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,413 girlsTXFlorida: #522 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,044 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#323 · 1 in 1,805
  2. Washington#365 · 1 in 2,399
  3. South Carolina#401 · 1 in 2,744
  4. California#402 · 1 in 2,363
  5. Colorado#466 · 1 in 3,148

Best ever in a state: #24 in Hawaii, 1977.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#32371 in 1,805
Washington#36581 in 2,399
South Carolina#40171 in 2,744
California#402581 in 2,363
Colorado#46651 in 3,148
Minnesota#46651 in 4,813
Florida#522111 in 4,044
Louisiana#65851 in 5,305
Texas#793131 in 7,413
Illinois#1,14751 in 14,919
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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 Summer
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#142 → #151)
  • Same as 2020 (#151)
  • 42 spots since 2015 (#193 → #151)
  • Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1971 (#1,168 → #863)
  • Biggest drop: 32 spots in 1982 (#179 → #211)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1977 at #119 (2,447 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 627
  • Highest: 1 in 627 girls born in 1977 were named Summer (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 815 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 24.3% of all girls named Summer (22,198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,244 (1949)#5,244
1950s149#2,341 (1955)#2,623
1960s384#1,259 (1969)#1,990
1970s9,031#119 (1977)#498
1980s12,169#159 (1980)#223
1990s18,807#131 (1998)#182
2000s22,198#140 (2005)#153
2010s16,905#163 (2010)#187
2020s11,673#141 (2023)#146

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.

Summer in 1972

girls
#724
197 births · 1 in 7,722 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #724Summer197
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 7,722 of them was named Summer, which outranked 92.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Summer
  1. #718Corinna199
  2. #722Selina198
  3. #722Tawanda198
  4. #724Summer197
  5. #724Rosanna197
  6. #726Aileen195
  7. #727India194
  8. #727Vikki194

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →