Summit

Summit was the #1,520 boys' name in the US in 2025 (114 babies).

Summit as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Summit as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Summit as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#1,520 (114)—
2024#1,820 (89)—
2023#1,909 (82)—
2022#1,792 (91)—
2021#1,853 (83)—
2020#2,437 (53)—
2019#1,974 (74)#2,756 (5)
2018#2,065 (69)—
2017#2,295 (57)—
2016#2,783 (43)—
2015#2,809 (42)—
2014#3,456 (31)—
2013#3,964 (25)—
2012#4,862 (19)—
2011#4,110 (24)—

Summit as a girl’s name

  • US
Summit as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Summit as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#3,645 (41)
2024#5,962 (20)
2023#4,999 (26)
2022#4,472 (31)
2021#4,964 (26)
2020#4,548 (29)
2019#8,138 (13)
2018#8,617 (12)
2017#8,776 (12)
2016#9,411 (11)
2015#10,148 (10)
2013#16,547 (5)
2012#14,962 (6)
1999#14,411 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,520.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1999.
  • In 2025, 27% of US babies named Summit were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Summit is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Summit by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: #561UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Summit (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SummitCanadaBoys—too few
SummitUSGirls#3,64541
SummitUSBoys#1,520114