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.

Sumer

#5,324 most common girls' name of all time · #9,023 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#5,324
Rank overall
#9,023 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,527
Since 2016
31
Peak year
1977 #1,339
Best rank
#1,339 1977
Girls Boys peak 86/yr
198020002020

Sumer first appears in 1971. 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 7 — 7 #12,205
2023 5 — 5 #15,694
2020 7 — 7 #12,453
2017 6 — 6 #14,511
2016 6 — 6 #14,736
2015 8 — 8 #12,116
2014 11 — 11 #9,678
2013 9 — 9 #11,255
2012 10 — 10 #10,644
2010 23 — 23 #5,850
2009 13 — 13 #9,031
2008 17 — 17 #7,531
2007 34 — 34 #4,423
2006 23 — 23 #5,781
2005 15 — 15 #7,630
2004 25 — 25 #5,119
2003 26 — 26 #4,854
2002 44 — 44 #3,216
2001 54 — 54 #2,751
2000 45 — 45 #3,095
1999 40 — 40 #3,218
1998 44 — 44 #2,959
1997 58 — 58 #2,320
1996 50 — 50 #2,546
1995 59 — 59 #2,270
1994 51 — 51 #2,491
1993 38 — 38 #3,087
1992 23 — 23 #4,467
1991 35 — 35 #3,185
1990 35 — 35 #3,207
1989 38 — 38 #2,918
1988 37 — 37 #2,852
1987 49 — 49 #2,229
1986 27 — 27 #3,335
1985 34 — 34 #2,796
1984 41 — 41 #2,374
1983 46 — 46 #2,153
1982 44 — 44 #2,281
1981 34 — 34 #2,710
1980 58 — 58 #1,883
1979 66 — 66 #1,692
1978 65 — 65 #1,652
1977 86 — 86 #1,339
1976 29 — 29 #2,726
1975 22 — 22 #3,253
1974 9 — 9 #6,188
1973 6 — 6 #8,194
1972 10 — 10 #5,458
1971 5 — 5 #9,575