Somer

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Somer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Somer: Recorded since 1996, it reached #862 in 2008, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#862highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1450
1998	#1211
1999	#1675
2000	#1594
2001	#1617
2002	#1658
2003	#2191
2005	#2438
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2008	#3005
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#4764

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 16 years from 1996 to 2011.

In 2008: #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3005 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #4764 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Girls

Somer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Somer in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	68	9 of 10	8
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Somer appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #862 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Somer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2011, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #862, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,764position in 2011, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
16births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ava-Marie · #862, 17y
Chidinma · #862, 19y
Gabby · #862, 13y
Iulia · #862, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Chidinma · #862, 19y
Gabby · #862, 13y
Katie-Jane · #862, 16y
Khadeeja · #862, 29y

Somer was ranked #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Somer and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Somer without appearing here.

Somer moved ahead of

Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #5785.
Kai Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Somer

Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2438 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #1741.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2636.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2438 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #4157 and #2137.
Ezra Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3005 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #3422.

Moved the opposite way to Somer

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 while Ada went from #2683 to #386.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 while Alma went from #2096 to #702.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 while Alyssa went from #783 to #160.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 while Amalie went from #2096 to #692.

Moved the same way as Somer

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 and Abigail from #21 to #38.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 and Aimee from #70 to #104.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 and Aisling from #440 to #1665.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Somer went from #3126 to #4764 and Alex from #161 to #652.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #862 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Somer

Somer at a glance

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Popularity journey

Somer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Somer at a glance

Somer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Somer appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Somer moved ahead of

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