# Summer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/summer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Simmer |
| US babies named this | 91,575 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 254 / 91,321 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24,587, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,817 | 173 |
| 2012 | 1,781 | 175 |
| 2013 | 1,734 | 186 |
| 2014 | 1,781 | 183 |
| 2015 | 1,692 | 193 |
| 2016 | 1,606 | 202 |
| 2017 | 1,411 | 219 |
| 2018 | 1,553 | 199 |
| 2019 | 1,642 | 178 |
| 2020 | 1,815 | 151 |
| 2021 | 1,961 | 141 |
| 2022 | 1,876 | 152 |
| 2023 | 1,971 | 141 |
| 2024 | 2,077 | 142 |
| 2025 | 1,973 | 152 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | 9,451 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,573 |
| 1996 | 11 | 5,484 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8,584 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9,107 |
| 2004 | 28 | 3,441 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,098 |
| 2011 | 5 | 14,073 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,952 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,685 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,450 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,955 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,623 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,823 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,751 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,711 | 34 |
| 2012 | 1,408 | 40 |
| 2013 | 1,179 | 48 |
| 2014 | 1,067 | 58 |
| 2015 | 906 | 66 |
| 2016 | 760 | 74 |
| 2017 | 626 | 86 |
| 2018 | 718 | 74 |
| 2019 | 578 | 92 |
| 2020 | 553 | 93 |
| 2021 | 586 | 90 |
| 2022 | 512 | 96 |
| 2023 | 542 | 86 |
| 2024 | 429 | 112 |
| 2025 | 429 | 109 |

## People named Summer

- Summer Glau, American actress
- Summer McIntosh, Canadian swimmer (2006-)
- Summer Walker, American R&B singer
- Summer Bishil, actress
- Summer Phoenix, American actress
- Summer Sanders, American sports commentator, reporter, television personality, actress and former competit
- Summer Altice, American fashion model and actress
- Summer H. Howell, Canadian actress (born 2004)
- Summer Lee, American politician (born 1987)
- Summer Britcher, American luger
- Summer Bartholomew, American actress
- Summer Brielle, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.