Summer
Girl · SUM-er · English
Summer is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the summer season”. In 2025 it ranked 107th for girls in the UK (499 babies) and 151st for girls in the US (1,973 babies).
What does Summer mean?
English: from the season name, Old English sumor
“the summer season”
Taken from the English word for the season, it came into regular use as a given name in the 20th century.
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Is Summer a girl's or a boy's name?
Summer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 499 girls in the UK and 1,973 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Summer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #107among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 499about 1 in 560 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 499 girls in the UK were named Summer, making it the 107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 91st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 2,492 girls.
Half of all the girls named Summer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 109th in England and Wales, 68th in Scotland and 191st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#73) and 2014 (#58).
Summer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 499 | #107 |
| 2024 | 485 | #112 |
| 2023 | 595 | #90 |
| 2022 | 588 | #96 |
| 2021 | 666 | #89 |
| 2020 | 626 | #91 |
| 2019 | 663 | #88 |
| 2018 | 798 | #76 |
| 2017 | 699 | #85 |
| 2016 | 824 | #76 |
| 2015 | 993 | #67 |
| 2014 | 1,184 | #56 |
| 2013 | 1,299 | #48 |
| 2012 | 1,585 | #38 |
| 2011 | 1,895 | #33 |
| 2010 | 2,038 | #32 |
| 2009 | 2,229 | #30 |
| 2008 | 2,492 | #22 |
| 2007 | 1,404 | #48 |
| 2006 | 995 | #70 |
| 2005 | 903 | #71 |
| 2004 | 761 | #77 |
| 2003 | 631 | #93 |
| 2002 | 335 | #150 |
| 2001 | 316 | #159 |
| 2000 | 295 | #168 |
| 1999 | 339 | #155 |
| 1998 | 308 | #166 |
| 1997 | 264 | #186 |
| 1996 | 211 | #214 |
How popular is Summer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #151among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,973about 1 in 810 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,973 girls in the US were named Summer, making it the 151st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 151st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 2,558 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Summer in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Summer in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,973 | #151 |
| 2024 | 2,077 | #142 |
| 2023 | 1,971 | #141 |
| 2022 | 1,876 | #152 |
| 2021 | 1,961 | #141 |
| 2020 | 1,815 | #151 |
| 2019 | 1,642 | #178 |
| 2018 | 1,553 | #199 |
| 2017 | 1,411 | #219 |
| 2016 | 1,606 | #200 |
| 2015 | 1,692 | #193 |
| 2014 | 1,781 | #182 |
| 2013 | 1,734 | #186 |
| 2012 | 1,781 | #175 |
| 2011 | 1,817 | #173 |
| 2010 | 1,888 | #163 |
| 2009 | 1,903 | #174 |
| 2008 | 1,959 | #169 |
| 2007 | 2,252 | #159 |
| 2006 | 2,261 | #152 |
| 2005 | 2,412 | #140 |
| 2004 | 2,333 | #140 |
| 2003 | 2,212 | #153 |
| 2002 | 2,213 | #151 |
| 2001 | 2,314 | #142 |
| 2000 | 2,339 | #145 |
| 1999 | 2,337 | #136 |
| 1998 | 2,558 | #131 |
| 1997 | 2,480 | #131 |
| 1996 | 2,345 | #137 |
| 1995 | 2,124 | #153 |
| 1994 | 2,239 | #141 |
| 1993 | 1,617 | #180 |
| 1992 | 1,102 | #254 |
| 1991 | 984 | #286 |
| 1990 | 1,021 | #271 |
| 1989 | 910 | #288 |
| 1988 | 986 | #258 |
| 1987 | 1,042 | #247 |
| 1986 | 1,127 | #230 |
| 1985 | 1,166 | #225 |
| 1984 | 1,212 | #215 |
| 1983 | 1,166 | #216 |
| 1982 | 1,262 | #211 |
| 1981 | 1,544 | #179 |
| 1980 | 1,754 | #159 |
| 1979 | 1,861 | #150 |
| 1978 | 1,917 | #143 |
| 1977 | 2,447 | #119 |
| 1976 | 1,072 | #227 |
| 1975 | 784 | #299 |
| 1974 | 314 | #533 |
| 1973 | 184 | #752 |
| 1972 | 197 | #724 |
| 1971 | 156 | #863 |
| 1970 | 99 | #1,168 |
| 1969 | 79 | #1,259 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,021 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
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