Sumner
Sumner is given to both girls and boys: 6 girls and 17 boys were given it in 2025 (#14,724 among girls’ names and #5,578 among boys’, #9,616 among all names counting both); 2,662 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,140 Americans named Sumner and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 19 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sumner by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Sumner?
#5,578 among boys’ names, 2025
Sumner rose from #5,707 in 2015 to #5,578 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 8.3 to 10.0 per million.
65 babies in 1920, the peak
Sumner peaked in 1920, when 65 boys were given it, #843 among boys’ names. The 23 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 35% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,578 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,778 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,663 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,887 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #7,034 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,660 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,563 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,740 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,476 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,539 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #5,707 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,576 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,193 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,584 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,981 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #8,050 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,282 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 12 | #7,121 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,866 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 18 | #5,039 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,603 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,836 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,394 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,355 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,354 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,535 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,996 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,467 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,567 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,090 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,532 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,249 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,791 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,438 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,870 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,147 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,877 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,903 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,789 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 11 | #4,015 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,494 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #6,120 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 5 | #7,147 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #4,092 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 10 | #4,038 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,513 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,799 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,442 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,328 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #4,187 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,897 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,556 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,466 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,221 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 9 | #3,023 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,292 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,324 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,849 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,942 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,794 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,616 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,186 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,419 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,305 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,825 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,144 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,640 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,739 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,698 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,652 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,594 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,432 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,762 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,473 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,356 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,479 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,565 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,422 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,968 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,820 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,457 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,350 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,178 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 60 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 56 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 61 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 57 | #898 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 61 | #895 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 51 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 65 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 65 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 47 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 51 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 52 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 41 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 30 | #911 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 25 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 15 | #889 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 13 | #923 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,567 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,327 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,234 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 9 | #868 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,297 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,046 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,288 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 7 | #988 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,091 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,054 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 6 | #949 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 7 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,097 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,052 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 10 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1885 | 8 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 8 | #749 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 12 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 8 | #696 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 10 | #631 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Sumner a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,662 Americans recorded as Sumner, 8% are girls and 92% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sumner: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sumner, and how old are they?
1,140 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 2,662 Americans ever recorded as Sumner. The median Sumner alive today is 30 years old; half are between 19 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 1,310 people named Sumner (258 women and girls, 1,052 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,163 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 78 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 152 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 83 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 271 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 359 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 197 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sumner born?
The states with the most babies named Sumner are Massachusetts, Maine and New York, with 97% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts and Maine are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 640 | not ranked | 8.3× |
| Maine | 17 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| California | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Sumner is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sumner is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 8.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sumner with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sumner
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sumner and names like it
- Compare Sumner and WilberBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sSumner peaked in 1920.
- Massachusetts’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sumner since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Sumner.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Sumner alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.