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.

Summer

#404 most common girls' name of all time · #740 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among girls
#404
Rank overall
#740 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
91,575
Since 2016
17,911
Peak year
1998 #131
Best rank
#119 1977
Girls Boys peak 2,558/yr
192019401960198020002020

Summer first appears in 1918. 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 1,973 1,973 #152
2024 2,077 8 2,085 #142
2023 1,971 1,971 #141
2022 1,876 1,876 #152
2021 1,961 5 1,966 #141
2020 1,815 1,815 #151
2019 1,642 1,642 #178
2018 1,553 1,553 #199
2017 1,411 7 1,418 #219
2016 1,606 6 1,612 #202
2015 1,692 8 1,700 #193
2014 1,781 16 1,797 #182
2013 1,734 1,734 #186
2012 1,781 5 1,786 #175
2011 1,817 5 1,822 #173
2010 1,888 1,888 #163
2009 1,903 1,903 #174
2008 1,959 1,959 #169
2007 2,252 2,252 #159
2006 2,261 2,261 #152
2005 2,412 5 2,417 #140
2004 2,333 28 2,361 #140
2003 2,212 2,212 #153
2002 2,213 2,213 #151
2001 2,314 7 2,321 #142
2000 2,339 2,339 #145
1999 2,337 7 2,344 #136
1998 2,558 2,558 #131
1997 2,480 2,480 #131
1996 2,345 11 2,356 #137
1995 2,124 2,124 #153
1994 2,239 2,239 #141
1993 1,617 6 1,623 #180
1992 1,102 1,102 #254
1991 984 5 989 #286
1990 1,021 1,021 #271
1989 910 910 #288
1988 986 986 #258
1987 1,042 6 1,048 #247
1986 1,127 8 1,135 #230
1985 1,166 1,166 #225
1984 1,212 12 1,224 #215
1983 1,166 11 1,177 #217
1982 1,262 6 1,268 #211
1981 1,544 7 1,551 #179
1980 1,754 8 1,762 #159
1979 1,861 8 1,869 #150
1978 1,917 13 1,930 #143
1977 2,447 20 2,467 #119
1976 1,072 11 1,083 #227
1975 784 784 #299
1974 314 314 #536
1973 184 6 190 #752
1972 197 197 #725
1971 156 156 #865
1970 99 99 #1,173
1969 79 79 #1,264
1968 48 48 #1,691
1967 45 45 #1,718
1966 33 33 #2,031
1965 29 29 #2,224
1964 33 33 #2,094
1963 36 36 #1,969
1962 19 19 #2,880
1961 35 35 #1,984
1960 27 27 #2,277
1959 22 22 #2,488
1958 17 17 #2,921
1957 14 14 #3,219
1956 20 20 #2,579
1955 22 22 #2,379
1954 16 16 #2,834
1953 20 20 #2,402
1952 18 18 #2,555
1949 5 5 #5,628
1918 9 9