Boys' name · since 1921
Somers
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 5 babies named Somers, peaking in 1921. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #44,453 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Somers sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 5 recorded since 1921.
Somers has 5 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1921.
- #44,453 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 1921
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Somers ranks #44,453 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1921, peaking in the 1920s.
- #44,453 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Somers's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Somers popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Somers by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Somers's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Somers births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Somers: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1921–1921 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Somers draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.