girls:
65 births since 1977
#5651 (1st percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1914
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
76 births since 1914
#7663 (1st percentile)
The name Summers is the #7,663 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 76 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 1.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,651 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 65 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1914.
Summers first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Summers is available in 11 out of the 81 years between 1914 and 1994 (9 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Summers has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.5% of all recorded births being female. In 1994, 100.0% of babies named Summers were girls. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1914 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1977 to 1994).
For girls, Summers reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
For boys, Summers reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #455) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1923.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Summers".
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