How Many People Are Named Summer?
An estimated 86,835 people in the United States have the first name Summer. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Summer peaked in popularity in 1998 with 2,558 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Summer as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Summer paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Summer is overwhelmingly female, 254 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
86,835
About 1 in 3,947 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.7% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1998
2,558 births
Total Registered
89,577
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Summer
Summer is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 89,577 total births registered, 99.7% were female.
Summer as a male name
Ranked #9,723 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 2004 (28 births)
Summer as a female name
Ranked #142 in 2024
2,065 female births in 2024
Peak: 1998 (2,558 births)
Summer: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Summer span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 22,235 babies were registered. While Summer is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Summer by Decade
How has Summer tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Summer by State
Birth registrations for Summer span all 51 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Vermont, Wyoming, Rhode Island. On average, about 1,722 Summers were registered per state.
Summer + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Summer as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Summer
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Summer: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Summer?
We estimate approximately 86,835 people named Summer are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,947 Americans share this first name.
Is Summer a common name?
Summer is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 99.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 89,577 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Summer most popular?
Summer reached peak popularity in 1998, when 2,558 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Summer is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Summer a female name?
Summer is predominantly female. 99.7% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Summer Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Summer Smith, Summer Johnson, Summer Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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