Summers — unisex name
65 babies named Summers in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Summers was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Summers in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Summers
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Summers between 1977 and 1994, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Summers currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Summers is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Summers performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Summers shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Summers 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 65 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.
Summers at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Summers popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
65 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 13 births in a single year.
Summers popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1914 (Summers as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Summers accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Summers by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 30 births that decade — 46% of Summers's all-time total
Summers decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Summers's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–1994 (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.