Girls' name · since 1966
Sommer
6,080 babies named Sommer in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,899 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,080
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
6,080 babies have been named Sommer since 1966, making it today's #4899 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sommer has been recorded 6,080 times among girls since 1966, currently ranked #4899 nationally and more common than 72% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #2,275 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,899 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,080 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sommer ranks #2,275 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,899 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,080 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,899 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,080
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sommer's 6,080 recorded births place it above 96.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sommer compares
6,080 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sommer's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sommer | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,080 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 464 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sommer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sommer splits its recorded history at 1997: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 464 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sommer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 464
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Sommer by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,549 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Sommer's strongest decade.
1,549 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Sommer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,452 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,549 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,466 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,038 births
- 2010s 363
2010s
363 births
- 2020s 200
2020s
200 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,549 births (25% of all-time use).
How Sommer compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sommer's total volume
Sommer by state
Where Sommer concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 617 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 411 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 291 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 285 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 259 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 159 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 155 | 2.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 139 | 2.3% |
617 of 6,080 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Sommer appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sommer's data
- Sommer's decade-level peak was the 1980s (1,549 total births); usage has since declined to 200 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sommers (617 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Sommer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Sommer 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.