Sommer

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sommer: Recorded since 1996, it reached #331 in 2003, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#331highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#848
1997	#820
1998	#817
1999	#816
2000	#930
2001	#1063
2002	#1442
2003	#933
2004	#1617
2005	#1406
2006	#1386
2007	#1502
2008	#1584
2009	#1526
2010	#1815
2011	#2636
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2017	#5765
2023	#4709

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 21 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1815 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #848 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
Highest recorded2000–2003
Highest recorded position: #331 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2000–2003).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Sommer appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 334 births with the name.

Sommer across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sommer's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#848 (1996)	#816 (1999)	#4709 (2023)	21 of 28	334 (1996–2023)	27 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#716 (2019)	#716 (2019)	5 of 13	17 (2007–2019)	4 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#348 (2000)	#331 (2003)	#331 (2003)	2 of 4	6 (2000–2003)	3 (2000)

Sommer 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 Sommer in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	107	4 of 10	27
2000sbusiest	180	10 of 10	18
2010s	43	6 of 10	7
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Sommer 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #331 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Sommer'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#816	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#817	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#820	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #331, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 11 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.

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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Sona · #2105, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Emma-Jane · #331, 21y
Hailie · #331, 25y
Katie-Ann · #331, 20y
Kaytlin · #331, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arun · #331, 29y
Emma-Jane · #331, 21y
Haleema · #331, 29y
Jolie · #331, 29y

Sommer was ranked #331 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2003. 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.

Sommer 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 Sommer without appearing here.

Sommer moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5765 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5765 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Sommer

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1442 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2460.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2887.

Moved the opposite way to Sommer

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Sommer

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sommer went from #848 to #4709 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #331 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Sommer

Sommer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sommer across 3 official records

Sommer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sommer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Sommer at a glance

Sommer across 3 official records

Sommer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sommer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sommer

Sommer and the names beside it

Sommer moved ahead of

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