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
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,444since 1880
Sumner over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,555 | 23 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,486 | 22 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,446 | 22 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,417 | 22 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,159 | 32 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,286 | 28 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,050 | 41 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,093 | 40 | |
| 1929 | — | #844 | 60 | |
| 1928 | — | #891 | 56 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,012 | 48 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #890 | 57 | |
| 1924 | — | #886 | 61 | |
| 1923 | — | #961 | 51 | |
| 1922 | — | #850 | 65 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,026 | 46 | |
| 1920 | — | #835 | 65 | |
| 1919 | — | #989 | 47 | |
| 1918 | — | #933 | 51 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,092 | 37 | |
| 1916 | — | #877 | 52 | |
| 1915 | — | #980 | 41 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#129 · 1 in 1,163
- Illinois#507 · 1 in 10,923
Best ever in a state: #92 in Massachusetts, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #129 | 28 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Illinois | #507 | 5 | 1 in 10,923 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Sumner
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #527 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1880–1892
- 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%)
- 23.3% of all boys named Sumner (570) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #527 (1883) | #754 |
| 1890s | 43 | #814 (1890) | #922 |
| 1900s | 50 | #810 (1904) | #1,111 |
| 1910s | 339 | #856 (1911) | #945 |
| 1920s | 570 | #835 (1920) | #904 |
| 1930s | 269 | #1,050 (1931) | #1,367 |
| 1940s | 218 | #1,334 (1942) | #1,516 |
| 1950s | 122 | #1,701 (1950) | #2,427 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,445 (1968) | #3,081 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,558 (1974) | #4,026 |
| 1980s | 70 | #3,705 (1988) | #4,637 |
| 1990s | 200 | #2,219 (1994) | #3,586 |
| 2000s | 170 | #3,735 (2004) | #4,953 |
| 2010s | 125 | #5,507 (2015) | #6,610 |
| 2020s | 78 | #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 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 19,872 of them was named Sumner, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).