Sumner
Mostly boys · SUM-ner · English
Sumner is a name of English origin, meaning “summoner”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Sumner mean?
English: English occupational surname
“summoner”
Charles Sumner was a leading anti-slavery senator, famously beaten with a cane on the Senate floor in 1856.
- Say it
- SUM-ner
Is Sumner a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sumner has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Sumner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Sumner, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 65 boys. 6 girls were also named Sumner in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Sumner than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Sumner in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 22% of the babies named Sumner in the US in 1994, and 39% in 1997.
Sumner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,666 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,446 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,417 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,050 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1929 | 60 | #844 |
| 1928 | 56 | #891 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,012 |
| 1926 | 61 | #842 |
| 1925 | 57 | #890 |
| 1924 | 61 | #886 |
| 1923 | 51 | #961 |
| 1922 | 65 | #850 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,026 |
| 1920 | 65 | #835 |
| 1919 | 47 | #989 |
| 1918 | 51 | #933 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,092 |
| 1916 | 52 | #877 |
| 1915 | 41 | #980 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
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