Sumner

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 91.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1883 · 12 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,444
since 1880

Sumner over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #6,844, 1997peak #527, 1883girlsboys
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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#13,2086#5,39917
2024—#6,46913
2023#8,48612#7,28911
2022#15,3065#8,3009
2021—#6,69812
2020—#5,45116
2019—#7,17311
2018#15,6825#5,54016
2017—#7,09511
2016—#7,15711
2015—#5,50716
2014—#6,30713
2013—#5,92314
2012#14,9626#6,30613
2011#14,8246#7,50210
2010#13,4487#7,59110
2009—#5,10218
2008#17,5045#6,76312
2007#17,6365#5,66115
2006#17,1685#4,86518
2005#13,0107#4,46419
2004#16,0995#3,73524
2003#15,7845#4,27619
2002#11,1088#5,13114
2001#12,0567#5,14214
2000#8,02712#4,38917
1999#9,4799#4,76214
1998#12,4266#3,39022
1997#6,84413#3,45520
1996#9,5818#3,02124
1995#7,04112#3,43219
1994#8,12210#2,21936
1993#10,5887#3,66117
1992#9,4918#3,33819
1991—#5,5219
1990—#3,05820
1989#9,6817—
1988#9,2447#3,70513
1987—#4,5739
1986#10,9125#4,4579
1985#8,3187#3,80511
1984—#4,9737
1983—#5,4846
1982#8,2247—
1981—#6,2625
1980—#3,83810
1979#9,0106#3,81010
1978——
1977——
1976—#4,9356
1975——
1974—#3,5589
1973—#4,0547
1972——
1971—#3,9637
1970—#3,8367
1969—#3,5957
1968—#2,44512
1967——
1966—#3,9485
1965—#2,9828
1964—#2,8549
1963—#3,0448
1962——
1961—#3,0978
1960—#2,68510
1959—#3,6196
1958—#2,64210
1957—#2,49411
1956—#2,9698
1955—#2,30212
1954—#2,20713
1953—#1,76519
1952—#2,07314
1951—#2,49510
1950—#1,70119
1949—#1,66720
1948—#1,61121
1947—#1,55523
1946—#1,40925
1945—#1,69716
1944—#1,43822
1943—#1,48622
1942—#1,33427
1941—#1,44622
1940—#1,51920
1939—#1,39023
1938—#1,90114
1937—#1,75616
1936—#1,41722
1935—#1,32626
1934—#1,29327
1933—#1,15932
1932—#1,28628
1931—#1,05041
1930—#1,09340
1929—#84460
1928—#89156
1927—#1,01248
1926—#84261
1925—#89057
1924—#88661
1923—#96151
1922—#85065
1921—#1,02646
1920—#83565
1919—#98947
1918—#93351
1917—#1,09237
1916—#87752
1915—#98041
1914—#1,07328
1913—#89730
1912—#89225
1911—#85615
1910—#85913
1909—#1,1557
1908—#1,3735
1907—#1,2006
1906—#1,1116
1905——
1904—#8109
1903——
1902—#1,1375
1901—#9436
1900—#1,1626
1899——
1898—#8857
1897—#9426
1896—#9826
1895——
1894——
1893—#1,0355
1892—#9566
1891—#8416
1890—#8147
1889—#9745
1888—#9176
1887—#9215
1886—#60510
1885—#7008
1884—#7018
1883—#52712
1882—#9435
1881—#6538
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sumner was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Sumner is popular in 1884

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Sumner
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,070 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #5,399)
  • 52 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #5,399)
  • 108 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #5,399)
  • Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1883 (#943 → #527)
  • Biggest drop: 316 spots in 1887 (#605 → #921)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #527 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1880–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,719
  • Highest: 1 in 8,719 boys born in 1883 were named Sumner (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all boys named Sumner (570) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#527 (1883)#754
1890s43#814 (1890)#922
1900s50#810 (1904)#1,111
1910s339#856 (1911)#945
1920s570#835 (1920)#904
1930s269#1,050 (1931)#1,367
1940s218#1,334 (1942)#1,516
1950s122#1,701 (1950)#2,427
1960s67#2,445 (1968)#3,081
1970s46#3,558 (1974)#4,026
1980s70#3,705 (1988)#4,637
1990s200#2,219 (1994)#3,586
2000s170#3,735 (2004)#4,953
2010s125#5,507 (2015)#6,610
2020s78#5,399 (2025)#6,601

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sumner in 1884

boys
#701
8 births · 1 in 14,305 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #701Sumner8
More about 1884

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 14,305 of them was named Sumner, which outranked 37.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sumner
  1. #663Rubin9
  2. #663Sanders9
  3. #663Whitney9
  4. #701Sumner8
  5. #701Addie8
  6. #701Almon8
  7. #701Alphonso8
  8. #764Adelard7
  9. #764Albion7
  10. #764Alcide7

Tied with 62 names at #701; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. ↑ 404Pierce#892 → #488
  2. ↑ 388Harlan#892 → #504
  3. ↑ 372Buck#892 → #520
  4. ↑ 345Noel#892 → #547
  5. ↑ 323Cleve#527 → #204
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Ernie#527 → #971
  2. ↓ 415Chin#556 → #971
  3. ↓ 388Newt#460 → #848
  4. ↓ 369Cal#479 → #848
  5. ↓ 351Omar#497 → #848

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

See the top 100 for 1884 →