Summer
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Summer
The temperature is definitely rising for this popular seasonal name, which began being used in the seventies, and has been heard consistently ever since.
Summers have popped up all over the big and small screens: it was Zooey Deschanel's character in (500) Days of Summer and made featured appearances in Napoleon Dynamite, Baywatch, The O.C., and The Mentalist.
Summer is also given to boys.
Pronounced SUM-er.
As of October 2026, Summer ranked #152 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #119 in 1977, Nameberry popularity #526.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #182 | 1,780 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #193 | 1,692 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #202 | 1,604 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #219 | 1,411 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #199 | 1,553 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #178 | 1,639 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #151 | 1,814 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #141 | 1,960 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #152 | 1,875 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #141 | 1,970 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #142 | 2,065 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #152 | 1,973 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Summer on lists
Famous Summers
- Summer Lyn GlauGirl
American actress
- Summer Joy PhoenixGirl
American actress
- (Robin) Summer BartholomewGirl
Miss USA 1975
- Summer Danielle AlticeGirl
American model
- Summer Elisabeth SandersGirl
American Olympic swimmer and actress
- Summer WayansGirl
American model
- Summer Peta VaigncourtGirl
Strallen, English actress
- Summer WatsonGirl
English operatic soprano
- Summer RaeGirl
ring name of Danielle Moinet, American pro wrestler
- Summer XOGirl
stage name of Summer Rose Virshup, American singer,songwriter
- Cree Summer FrancksGirl
American,Canadian actress
- Summer "Daisy" Song (adopted 1976)Girl
daughter of American actress Mia Farrow
- Summer Hornstra (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of actress Inge Hornstra
- Summer Terenzi (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of singers Marc Terenzi and Sarah Connor
- Summer Lee Kastner (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of singer John Kastner and actress Nicole de Boer
- Summer Jayde Sickles (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of Lizzie Waller and Skylar Sickles of "16 and Pregnant"
- Summer Rose Castillo (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actress April Lee Hernandez and Jose Castillo
- Summer Rain Rutler (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of singer Christina Aguilera
- Summer McKeenGirl
American YouTuber
Summer in pop culture
- Summer WheatleyGirl
"Napoleon Dynamite"
- Summer HathawayGirl
character in film"School of Rock"
- SummerGirl
fashion doll made by Mattel
- Summer RobertsGirl
"The O.C."
- Summer QuinnGirl
"Baywatch"
- Summer EdgecombeGirl
"The Mentalist"
- Summer Rose HoylandGirl
"Neighbours"
- Summer Ann NewmanGirl
"The Young and the Restless
- Summer SmithGirl
character in TV series "Rick and Morty"
- Summer FinnGirl
charater in "500 Days of Summer"
- Summer GleesonGirl
character in "Batman: The Animated Series"
- Summer MoranGirl
character in "Dirk Pitt"
- Summer ShawGirl
character in British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Summer HartleyGirl
character in film "Definitely, Maybe"
- SummerGirl
"The Cellar"
- Summer HugglemonsterGirl
character on TV's "Henry Hugglemonster"
- 5 Seconds of SummerGirl
Australian boy band
- The Summer SetGirl
American pop,punk band
- SummerGirl
doll friend of Barbie
- Summer RiversGirl
teenage protagonist of the 'Switchpaw Saga' book series
- Summer RoseGirl
character in the web series "RWBY"
- Summer HanGirl
character in the 1995 film "Clueless"
- Summer DawsonGirl
character in the novel "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio
- "Cruel Summer"Girl
Song by Taylor Swift featured on "Lover"