Sumner
Sumner was the 5580th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 553rd; the most babies were born in 1920 (65). Over the last ten years it has moved up 131 places. More babies were named Sumner in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,580 boys, up 84 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17boys
- Girls and boys
- 27% girls, 73% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192065 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,662babies recorded
Sumner popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,728 | #5,580 | 6 | 17 |
| 2020 | — | #5,664 | — | 16 |
| 2010 | #14,769 | #8,056 | 7 | 10 |
| 2000 | #8,482 | #4,542 | 12 | 17 |
| 1990 | — | #3,153 | — | 20 |
| 1980 | — | #4,093 | — | 10 |
| 1970 | — | #4,189 | — | 7 |
| 1960 | — | #2,850 | — | 10 |
| 1950 | — | #1,740 | — | 19 |
| 1940 | — | #1,565 | — | 20 |
| 1930 | — | #1,111 | — | 40 |
| 1920 | — | #843 | — | 65 |
| 1910 | — | #923 | — | 13 |
| 1900 | — | #1,289 | — | 6 |
| 1890 | — | #872 | — | 7 |
| 1880 | — | #631 | — | 10 |
How popular is Sumner, counting every spelling?
Sumner has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sumner?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sumner (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sumner 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 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sumner.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sumner?
About 900 people born in the US named Sumner are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 19 and 61. That makes Sumner mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
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Questions about the name Sumner
How popular is the name Sumner?
Sumner was the 5580th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 553rd; the most babies were born in 1920 (65). Over the last ten years it has moved up 131 places. More babies were named Sumner in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Sumner a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 27% girls, 73% boys given the name Sumner in the US.