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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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
1955#2,34122
1954#2,77916
1953#2,36320
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.

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 1970

girls
#1,168
99 births · 1 in 17,658 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,168Summer99
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 17,658 of them was named Summer, which outranked 87.5% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Summer
  1. #1,154Spring100
  2. #1,154Toby100
  3. #1,154Vickey100
  4. #1,168Summer99
  5. #1,168Alina99
  6. #1,168Chantal99
  7. #1,168Denna99
  8. #1,177Adina98
  9. #1,177Adria98
  10. #1,177Carletta98

Tied with 8 names at #1,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

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

See the top 100 for 1970