Sumner

Where Sumner comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sumner.

Sumner through the years
  1. 1868
    Sumner Paine born
    American sport shooter
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys, with 10 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #527
    12 babies named Sumner, its best rank.
  4. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #921.
  5. 1892
    Sumner Welles born
    American government official and diplomat
  6. 2024
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Sumner Paine · American sport shooter, 1868–1904
  • Sumner Welles · American government official and diplomat, 1892–1961
  • Sumner Redstone · American businessman and media magnate, 1923–2020
  • Sumner White · American sailor, 1929–1988
  • Sumner Getchell · actor, 1906–1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.