Sommer
Girl · SUM-er · English
Sommer is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “summer”. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Sommer mean?
English: spelling of Summer; also the German word for summer
“summer”
- Say it
- SUM-er
Is Sommer a girl's or a boy's name?
Sommer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sommer in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sommer in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sommer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 29 | #936 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 27 | #878 |
How popular is Sommer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Sommer, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 464 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Sommer than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Sommer in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,012 girls in the US were given Sommer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #178, up from #4,877 for this spelling alone.
Sommer in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,009 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 85 | #2,276 |
| 2006 | 93 | #2,098 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,754 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,780 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,924 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 159 | #1,245 |
| 2000 | 153 | #1,268 |
| 1999 | 160 | #1,197 |
| 1998 | 178 | #1,087 |
| 1997 | 174 | #1,078 |
| 1996 | 162 | #1,117 |
| 1995 | 210 | #899 |
| 1994 | 182 | #1,017 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,209 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 1991 | 91 | #1,636 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,666 |
| 1989 | 105 | #1,411 |
| 1988 | 101 | #1,391 |
| 1987 | 119 | #1,209 |
| 1986 | 106 | #1,272 |
| 1985 | 145 | #1,037 |
| 1984 | 146 | #988 |
| 1983 | 139 | #1,015 |
| 1982 | 183 | #850 |
| 1981 | 224 | #735 |
| 1980 | 281 | #650 |
| 1979 | 318 | #572 |
| 1978 | 346 | #530 |
| 1977 | 464 | #441 |
| 1976 | 161 | #849 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Sommer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Amber Safa Zainab Salma Aaliyah Farah Maya Saba Safiya Hiba Sumayyah
Other spellings of Sommer
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