How Many People Are Named Summer?
people named Summer are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,801 people in the US has this name
Based on 91,575 babies named Summer in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,558 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor. It has been in use as a given name since the 1970s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Summer (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Summer alive today is about 24 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Summer first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1998, to 2,558 babies. In 2025, 1,973 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Summer has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #119, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #152.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #152 |
| Best rank | #119 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #152 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Summer alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Summer were born in California than in any other state: about 11,088 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Summer was given 2.5 times as often in Hawaii, 2 times in West Virginia and 1.9 times in Mississippi.
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