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Summer

girl name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

the season itself, from the Old English sumor; taken up as a name in the 1970s nature wave beside Autumn and Dawn, and warmed back up in the 2000s. Sunny by definition, casual by nature

The story

Some names are borrowed from saints or kings; Summer is borrowed from the calendar. It is simply the English season name turned into a girl's name, and for the first half of the twentieth century almost nobody made that turn: the name is essentially missing from the early American records. It flickered to life in the 1950s, then rose in earnest through the 1970s with the same wave of warm nature names, Dawn, Amber, Autumn, that the decade loved. Rather than fading when that fashion did, Summer kept climbing, helped along perhaps by sunny screen characters like Summer Roberts of The O.C., and it has held near its high point for the past two decades. It offers something few names can: a meaning every single person already knows, and nearly everyone feels good about.

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How popular is Summer around the world?

In the United States, 11,686 babies were named Summer between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 18 girls were registered as Summer in 2017.

Summer is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Scotland, New South Wales, Ireland, England and Wales, Canada, New Zealand, France, Mexico City, Argentina, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 1,900

In the United States, 11,686 babies were named Summer between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Summer peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 1,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 18 girls were registered as Summer in 2017.

1970peak 2012

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Scotland

1 in 1,000

In Scotland, 44 girls named Summer were registered in 2024, the 96th most common name among girls that year.

1990peak 20082024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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New South Wales

#89 · 2025

In New South Wales, 79 girls named Summer were registered in 2025, ranked 89th in that year’s top 100 for girls.

2000peak 20102025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Ireland

1 in 1,400

In Ireland, 40 girls named Summer were born in 2025, the 115th most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 1,400

In England and Wales, 429 girls named Summer were born in 2025, the 109th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20082025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 1,500

In Canada, 248 girls named Summer were born in 2024, the 97th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 20082024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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New Zealand

1 in 1,600

In New Zealand, 36 girls named Summer were registered in 2025.

1980peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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France

1 in 18,000

In France, about 35 girls named Summer were born in 2025, ranked 1,003rd among girls that year.

1990peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Mexico City City

1 in 59,000

In Mexico City, there were 2 registrations of Summer in 2022.

2000peak 2020

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

1 in 170,000

In Argentina, 4 newborns were given the name Summer in 2024.

2012peak 20202024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 580,000

In Spain, 77 residents are named Summer, ranked 9,642nd among women, with a mean age of 9.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Austria

last on record 2024

Summer is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 60 people in Brazil were named Summer, ranked 58,763rd, with a median age of 12.

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Poland

last on record 2024

Summer is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2023

Summer is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 29 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Summer

Most people given the name Summer in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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