How rare is the name Sommer?

5,081 people in the United States have the first name Sommer, about 1 in 59,443. It ranks #3,866 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

SOMMER

#3,866

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,081
About
1 in 59,443
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,081 people named Sommer, 72.7% reported their origin as White, 12.7% as Black and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sommer peaked in 1977, when 464 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1977
Births that year
464
In 2025*
27 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,080 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sommer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,569. The largest share of babies named Sommer, 36.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#1,5691,452
1980s#1,6901,549
1990s#2,1001,466
2000s#3,2441,038
2010s#6,997363
2020s#7,379200
Generation X 1965–8028.7%
Millennials 1981–9636.5%
Generation Z 1997–1227.8%
2013 and later6.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sommer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sommer has been most common in Florida (2.2×), South Carolina (2.1×), and Louisiana (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.35×).

3,784 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Sommer

2 other first names also have 5,081 people.

#3,866 Cecilio · 5,081#3,866 Kam · 5,081

Either side of Sommer

#3,866 Cecilio · 5,081#3,866 Kam · 5,081#3,869 Stephenie · 5,077#3,870 Brittni · 5,076

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sommer, most common first.

#7,731 Somer · 1,941

Also a last name

As a last name, Sommer ranks #3,151 of 156,621, with 11,163 people. See Sommer as a last name

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