Sumter — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sumter

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Sumter between 1916 and 1933, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sumter currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sumter performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sumter shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sumter in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sumter 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 29 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.