Summit
Unisex · SUM-it · English
Unisex
Summit is a name of English origin, meaning “highest point; peak”. In 2025 it ranked 1,520th for boys in the US (114 babies).
What does Summit mean?
English: English word, via Old French from Latin summus
“highest point; peak”
From Old French somet, from Latin summus, 'highest'.
- Say it
- SUM-it
Is Summit a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Summit has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls and 114 boys in the US.
How popular is Summit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,520among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 114about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were named Summit, making it the 1,520th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. It first appears in the records in 1999. 41 girls were also named Summit in 2025 (3,644th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Summit of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Summit in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 119 boys in the US were given Summit or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,338, up from #1,520 for this spelling alone.
- Summit 114
- Summitt 5
In 2025, 26% of the babies named Summit in the US were girls.
Summit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | 89 | #1,820 |
| 2023 | 82 | #1,909 |
| 2022 | 91 | #1,792 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,064 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
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