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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Summer

Used in both girl and boy records

Summer appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Summer by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDSummer as a girl’s nameUS records 1949–2024
#368girl rank1998peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDSummer as a boy’s nameUS records 1918–2024
#9987boy rank2004peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Summer in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19982,558 uses#11919771949–202070 listed years
Boy200428 uses#227119771918–201726 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.