Girls' name · peaked in 1977

Summer name popularity since 1925

91,566 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Summer. Half of them were born in 2002 or earlier, so the typical Summer is about 24 years old in 2026. Summer peaked in 1977 as the #119 name for girls, and it ranked #152 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 91,566; Named Summer, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1977; #119 for girls that year
Typical age: About 24; Median birth year 2002
In 2025: #152; for girls in 2025 (1,973 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.7% girls; 91,321 girls · 245 boys
Most popular in: Nevada; 2.14× its national share

Peak year is the year Summer made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Summer births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1998. Measured as a share of all babies, Summer peaked in 1977.

Fastest rise: Between 1972 and 1977, Summer became 12× more common, from 1 in 7,720 baby girls to 1 in 627.
Steepest fall: Between 1977 and 1982, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 627 to 1 in 1,340.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Summer's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Summer.

Decade by decade

Babies named Summer in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	0	0	–
1930s	0	0	Under 5
1940s	5	0	Under 5
1950s	149	0	#2,403
1960s	384	0	#2,241
1970s	9,031	58	#299
1980s	12,169	58	#226
1990s	18,807	29	#153
2000s	22,198	40	#140
2010s	16,905	47	#193
2020–25	11,673	13	#152

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

38.4% of babies named Summer from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Where Summer is most popular

The index compares Summer's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Summer.

State	Index	Babies
Nevada	2.14×	695
Hawaii	2.00×	567
Florida	1.88×	6,159
Utah	1.68×	1,300
Oklahoma	1.57×	1,853

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Summer and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Summer (this page)	91,321	1977
Sumer	1,527	1977

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Summer's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Summer.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Summer (1977).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data