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Summer

Girl

Meaning of Summer: English: 'the season of summer'

Summer is a girl's name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is one of today's most-chosen names — 157th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 112th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#157

1,973 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#112

429 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

91,575

First recorded 1918 · peak 1998

Trend

rising

Style: popular

Popularity over time

1981: 1,551 babies1982: 1,268 babies1983: 1,177 babies1984: 1,224 babies1985: 1,166 babies1986: 1,135 babies1987: 1,048 babies1988: 986 babies1989: 910 babies1990: 1,021 babies19901991: 989 babies1992: 1,102 babies1993: 1,623 babies1994: 2,239 babies1995: 2,124 babies1996: 2,356 babies1997: 2,480 babies1998: 2,558 babies1999: 2,344 babies2000: 2,339 babies20002001: 2,321 babies2002: 2,213 babies2003: 2,212 babies2004: 2,361 babies2005: 2,417 babies2006: 2,261 babies2007: 2,252 babies2008: 1,959 babies2009: 1,903 babies2010: 1,888 babies20102011: 1,822 babies2012: 1,786 babies2013: 1,734 babies2014: 1,797 babies2015: 1,700 babies2016: 1,612 babies2017: 1,418 babies2018: 1,553 babies2019: 1,642 babies2020: 1,815 babies20202021: 1,966 babies2022: 1,876 babies2023: 1,971 babies2024: 2,085 babies2025: 1,973 babies
US babies named Summer per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 2,558.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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