Girls' name · since 1977
Sommar
32 babies named Sommar in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
32 girls have been named Sommar since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sommar has 32 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2005.
- #40,353 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 1977
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sommar ranks #40,353 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1977, peaking in the 1970s.
- #40,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sommar's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sommar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sommar's full recorded timeline at 1979, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sommar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2005
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Sommar by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (21 births, 66% of the file).
1970s was Sommar's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Sommar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
21 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 21 births (66% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sommar's data
- Sommar's decade-level peak was the 1970s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sommar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1977–2005 (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 Sommar 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.