Sommer
Sommer is a surname, from the German, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian languages word for the season "summer".
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sommer
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sommer is a surname, from the German, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian languages word for the season "summer".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sommer
The earliest SSA record of Sommer as a baby girl name dates back to 1966, when 5 babies received it. 1977 was its biggest year on record, with 464 newborns named Sommer — #441 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Sommer on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sommer ranks #4,521 for baby girls with 31 births, holding steady (-5%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sommer
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About the name Sommer
Sommer is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1966 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Sommer's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #441. Use the chart and map above to compare Sommer's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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