girls:
2.2k births since 1973
#3647 (36th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1973
#5563 (28th percentile)
The name Somer is the #5,563 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,232 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 28.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,647 (36.2% percentile) for all time with 2,232 births since 1973.
Somer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for girls in 1973). Birth data for Somer is available in 49 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Somer reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 19.5% percentile (ranked #609) with 92 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 92 births per million (ranked 19.5% percentile). Despite a low point in 2011, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Somer ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 4.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Somer".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Somer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.5% confident that Somer is pronounced as SUH-mer, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SOH-mer, at 40.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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