Sumner

Popularity Trends

The name Sumner is the #5,236 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,625 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 32.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,574 (43.8% percentile) for all time with 2,414 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #5,505 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 211 births since 1979.

Sumner has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1979 for girls). Birth data for Sumner is available in 133 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (131 years for boys and 29 years for girls). 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 Sumner has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Sumner were boys.

For boys, Sumner reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #475) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 1883, with 107 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Sumner ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 5.6% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Sumner reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #855) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sumner ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 92.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sumner".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births

211

Peak Births

Peak Year

1997

First Recorded

1979

Peak Percentile

0.9%

Current Percentile

0.6%

Peak Rank

#855

Current Rank

#941

Female statistics

Total Births

2,414

Peak Births

Peak Year

1920

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

11.2%

Current Percentile

0.7%

Peak Rank

#475

Current Rank

#905

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Sumner", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Sumner.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Sumner's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Sumner at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Sumner range from Harriet at 85.2% correlation to Cornelia at 81.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 82.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Alice with 583.0K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Adelbert with 2.4K births (100% boys).

Sumner's share of births peaked at 106.7 births per million in 1883 (6.8 for girls in 1997 and 106.7 for boys in 1920). It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (3% of peak) in 1981. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Sumner had 12.3 births per million, 12% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Harriet

90k

85.16% (very strong)

Merton

4,247

83.60% (very strong)

Almeda

4,402

82.81% (very strong)

Irvin

39.8k

82.57% (very strong)

Harriett

21.6k

82.56% (very strong)

Willis

53.1k

82.31% (very strong)

Wilber

6,850

81.78% (very strong)

Lewis

155.1k

81.74% (very strong)

Adelbert

2,373

81.57% (very strong)

Albert

493.5k

81.31% (very strong)

Alice

583k

80.98% (very strong)

Cornelia

22k

80.98% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Sumner

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Sumner. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Sumner is pronounced as SUHM-ner, which has 2 syllables.

SUHM-ner

100.0%

SUHM-ner (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

S AH1 M N ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S AH1 M N ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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