NameTides

Summer

Summer was the #151 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,973 babies), and #109 in England & Wales and #82 in Canada.

Summer as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Summer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandUS
Summer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#151 (1,973)#109 (429)#68 (61)#191 (9)#115 (40)#82 (293)#89 (79)#51 (116)
2024#142 (2,077)#112 (429)#96 (44)#161 (12)#156 (29)#99 (250)#77 (91)#64 (101)
2023#141 (1,971)#86 (542)#109 (40)#151 (13)#179 (26)#104 (236)#72 (93)#69 (86)
2022#152 (1,876)#96 (512)#66 (64)#162 (12)#122 (43)#114 (214)#74 (92)#64 (100)
2021#141 (1,961)#90 (586)#65 (68)#171 (12)#136 (37)#125 (215)#74 (98)#59 (105)
2020#151 (1,815)#93 (553)#63 (67)#246 (6)#229 (19)#163 (167)#86 (84)#77 (76)
2019#178 (1,642)#92 (578)#66 (72)#157 (13)#149 (36)#130 (212)#72 (94)#83 (76)
2018#199 (1,553)#74 (718)#71 (60)#119 (20)#142 (39)#139 (203)#83 (84)#59 (84)
2017#219 (1,411)#86 (626)#71 (61)#174 (12)#162 (33)#174 (171)#61 (106)#72 (73)
2016#200 (1,606)#74 (760)#84 (56)#229 (8)#195 (26)#157 (192)#74 (96)#80 (66)
2015#193 (1,692)#66 (906)#70 (74)#166 (13)#180 (31)#148 (202)#62 (110)#43 (104)
2014#182 (1,781)#58 (1,067)#54 (96)#119 (21)#179 (30)#144 (217)#55 (123)#49 (91)
2013#186 (1,734)#48 (1,179)#59 (88)#75 (32)#124 (49)#132 (231)#54 (123)#44 (102)
2012#175 (1,781)#40 (1,408)#37 (145)#84 (29)#134 (44)#133 (230)#45 (146)#46 (104)
2011#173 (1,817)#34 (1,711)#37 (151)#75 (33)#150 (40)#135 (224)#41 (163)#47 (86)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #119.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.

How common is it?

about 1 in 810 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 810common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 590common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 290common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 530common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 510common

Next year

On its recent trend, Summer is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 780 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 730 to 1 in 840.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Summer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #96MEWisconsin: #139WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #82NHWashington: #131WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #262MNIllinois: #154ILMichigan: #157MINew York: #134NYMassachusetts: #100MAOregon: #243ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #156INOhio: #241OHPennsylvania: #215PANew Jersey: #96NJConnecticut: #70CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #115CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #191CONebraska: #223NEMissouri: #130MOKentucky: #259KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #127VAMaryland: #183MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #166AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #177TNNorth Carolina: #137NCSouth Carolina: #84SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #212LAMississippi: #196MSAlabama: #146ALGeorgia: #134GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #211TXFlorida: #91FL
Summer (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93108
Quebec2025#34615

Summer (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SummerCanadaGirls#82293
SummerEngland & WalesGirls#109429
Summer-England & WalesGirls—too few
SummerIrelandGirls#11540
SummerNorthern IrelandGirls#1919
SummerNSWGirls#8979
SummerScotlandGirls#6861
SummerUSGirls#1511,973
SummerUSBoys—too few
SummerVICGirls#51116