Summer

Where Summer comes from

The dictionaries list Summer as a given name — a female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1949
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1977
    Peak, #119
    2,447 babies named Summer — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1981
    Summer Glau born
    American actress
  5. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #216.
  6. 2006
    Summer McIntosh born
    Canadian swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer.
Namesakes
  • Summer Glau · American actress, born 1981
  • Summer McIntosh · Canadian swimmer, born 2006
  • Summer Walker · American R&B singer, born 1996
  • Summer Bishil · actress, born 1988
  • Summer Phoenix · American actress, born 1978

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.