Recorded 1971–2023 Girls' name Peak 1977 1,520 births

Sumer — girls' name

1,520 babies named Sumer in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s2981980s4081990s4332000s2962010s732020s12
1990s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Sumer was born in this single decade.

1977
Single peak year

86 babies were named Sumer in 1977 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sumer

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,520 babies named Sumer between 1971 and 2023, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sumer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 86 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sumer performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 433 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sumer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sumer in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sumer in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,520 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Sumer at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

1,520

Since 1971

53 years of records

Peak year

1977

86 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1971

Recorded for 53 years

Last year on file: 2023

Sumer popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1971

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1977)
86
Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
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Sumer by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
433 births that decade — 28% of Sumer's all-time total
1970s2981980s4081990s4332000s2962010s732020s12

Sumer by state

Where Sumer concentrates geographically — total births since 1971

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Sumer
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
131 8.6%
#2 Texas
55 3.6%
#3 Florida
33 2.2%
#4 Alabama
11 0.7%
#5 North Carolina
6 0.4%
#6 New York
6 0.4%
#7 Louisiana
5 0.3%
#8 Oklahoma
5 0.3%
California share of Sumer's total US births 8.6%
Even split

131 of 1,520 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sumer?
1,520 babies have been named Sumer since 1971. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1977 with 86 births.
When was Sumer most popular?
Sumer was most popular in the 1990s decade with 433 total births. The single peak year was 1977.
Where is Sumer most popular?
The top states for the name Sumer are California (131 births), Texas (55 births), Florida (33 births).
How long has the name Sumer been used?
Sumer has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 53 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Sumer?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Summer, Sumaya, Sumayyah, Sumiko, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.