Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Somer

#4,159 most common girls' name of all time · #7,074 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#4,159
Rank overall
#7,074 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
2,244
Since 2016
53
Peak year
1978 #935
Best rank
#935 1978
Girls Boys peak 152/yr
198020002020

Somer first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 5 #15,376
2024 7 7 #12,487
2023 8 8 #11,419
2022 6 6 #13,955
2020 6 6 #13,828
2019 7 7 #12,777
2017 6 6 #14,528
2016 8 8 #12,054
2015 10 10 #10,371
2014 7 7 #13,384
2013 11 11 #9,783
2012 10 10 #10,652
2011 13 13 #8,785
2010 38 38 #3,987
2009 14 14 #8,591
2008 31 31 #4,809
2007 30 30 #4,866
2006 25 25 #5,454
2005 21 21 #5,881
2004 36 36 #3,944
2003 40 40 #3,561
2002 44 44 #3,217
2001 56 56 #2,685
2000 41 41 #3,305
1999 55 55 #2,592
1998 68 68 #2,140
1997 65 65 #2,151
1996 73 73 #1,958
1995 70 70 #1,977
1994 62 62 #2,185
1993 52 52 #2,445
1992 43 43 #2,812
1991 28 28 #3,786
1990 40 40 #2,883
1989 37 37 #2,975
1988 46 46 #2,410
1987 63 63 #1,856
1986 53 53 #2,049
1985 59 59 #1,902
1984 66 66 #1,679
1983 73 73 #1,550
1982 87 87 #1,415
1981 129 129 #1,088
1980 134 134 #1,063
1979 114 114 #1,168
1978 152 152 #935
1977 105 105 #1,182
1976 48 48 #1,911
1975 26 26 #2,880
1974 10 10 #5,750
1973 6 6 #8,392