Unisex name · since 1999
Summit
Summit has 1,024 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,526 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,024
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,024 babies have been named Summit since 1999, making it today's #1526 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Summit has been recorded 1,024 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #1526 nationally and more common than 89% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #5,058 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,526 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,024 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Summit ranks #5,058 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,526 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,024 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,526 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,024
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Summit's 1,024 recorded births place it above 88.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Summit compares
1,024 Top 31% higher than 69% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Summit's all-time total is 178% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Summit | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,024 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 114 | 34 | 22,252 |
Summit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Summit's full recorded timeline at 2013, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 114 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Summit popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 114
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Summit popularity over time - girls
247 total births recorded since 1999 (Summit as girls' name)
Summit by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (512 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Summit's strongest decade.
512 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Summit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 103
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
403 births
- 2020s
2020s
512 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 512 births (50% of all-time use).
How Summit compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Summit's total volume
Summit by state
Where Summit concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 50 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Utah | | 43 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 27 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 21 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Oregon | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Idaho | | 6 | 0.6% |
50 of 1,024 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Summit appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Summit's data
- Texas records the most Summits (50 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Summit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Summit 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.