Sommer
Sommer was the 4972nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 441st with 464 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 682 places. More babies were named Sommer in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Summer) summer (the season) · English
- Rank in 2025
- #4,972 girls, down 230 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 27girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1977464 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,080babies recorded
What does the name Sommer mean?
Sommer is a spelling of Summer, pronounced the same way, so it shares Summer's meaning and origin.
Summer is the name of the warmest season, used as a girl's name. Wiktionary notes that it is often given to girls born in summer, and Wikipedia says it has been in common use since about 1970, part of the fashion for nature and season names. The word goes back to Old English sumor. Wikipedia places it in the fashion for seasonal and nature names that began in the 1960s and 1970s, alongside names such as Autumn and Rain.
sumor (Old English, “summer”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Sommer, Autumn.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Summer', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Summer (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Sommer popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,972 | 27 |
| 2020 | #4,742 | 28 |
| 2010 | #3,042 | 56 |
| 2000 | #1,275 | 153 |
| 1990 | #1,686 | 88 |
| 1980 | #654 | 281 |
| 1970 | #3,554 | 18 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sommer, counting every spelling?
Sommer is a spelling of Summer, a name family that ranked #168 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #4,972 for Sommer on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,012 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | 1,973 | #152 | 9,858 |
| Sommer | 27 | #4,972 | 172 |
| Somer | 5 | #16,951 | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sommer?
27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sommer (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sommer born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sommer.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sommer?
About 5,900 people born in the US named Sommer are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 26 and 46. That makes Sommer mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sommer by state
How common Sommer was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sommer: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sommer, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sommer
What does Sommer mean?
Sommer is a spelling of Summer, which means “summer (the season)” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Sommer?
Sommer was the 4972nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 441st with 464 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 682 places. More babies were named Sommer in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Sommer a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sommer in the US.
Where is Sommer most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sommer was most common in Georgia (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.