Sumer
Girl · SUM-er · English
Sumer is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “summer”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Sumer mean?
English: variant of Summer
“summer”
Sumer was also the earliest civilisation of southern Mesopotamia, and Sümer is used as a name in Turkey.
- Say it
- SUM-er
Is Sumer a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sumer in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sumer in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sumer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Sumer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Sumer, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 86 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had more girls named Sumer than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Sumer in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,012 girls in the US were given Sumer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #178, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Sumer in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,306 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,197 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,748 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,339 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,863 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,678 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,633 |
| 1977 | 86 | #1,331 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Sumer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Safa Zainab Saba Farah Safiya Aaliyah Salma Safaa Sumayyah Hiba Samah
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