Summer

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Summer: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #23 in 2008, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
126times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#23highest recorded position
25groupings it qualifies for
17names it appears alongside

What stands out in Summer's record

England and Wales registered 2,270 births with the name in 2008, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 21 years. Names by sustained share

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#206
1997	#174
1998	#155
1999	#146
2000	#157
2001	#149
2002	#139
2003	#86
2004	#73
2005	#66
2006	#62
2007	#44
2008	#23
2009	#24
2010	#30
2011	#34
2012	#40
2013	#48
2014	#58
2015	#66
2016	#74
2017	#86
2018	#74
2019	#92
2020	#93
2021	#90
2022	#96
2023	#86
2024	#112

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #89 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #115 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #206 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #23 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #89 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Summer appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 24,158 births with the name.

Summer across 5 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.

Summer'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	#206 (1996)	#23 (2008)	#112 (2024)	29 of 29	24,158 (1996–2024)	2,270 (2008)
New Zealand · Girls	#86 (1996)	#28 (2011)	#87 (2023)	26 of 28	1,779 (1996–2023)	108 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (1998)	#65 (2008)	#161 (2024)	26 of 27	410 (1998–2024)	36 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#115 (2025)	#115 (2025)	23 of 23	704 (2003–2025)	49 (2013)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#63 (2005)	#38 (2010)	#89 (2025)	21 of 21	2,429 (2005–2025)	168 (2010)

Summer 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 Summer in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,078	4 of 10	270
2000s	9,653	10 of 10	965
2010sbusiest	10,805	10 of 10	1,081
2020s	2,622	5 of 10	524

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 1,081 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 982, from 1,288 to 2,270.

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

Summer 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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #23 in England and Wales in 2008.

Summer'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#112	429	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#86	542	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#96	512	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#90	586	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#93	553	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#92	578	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#74	718	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#86	626	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#74	760	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#66	906	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#58	1,067	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#48	1,179	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#40	1,408	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#34	1,711	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#30	1,852	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#24	2,054	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#23	2,270	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#44	1,288	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#62	937	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#66	852	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#73	727	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#86	605	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#139	325	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#149	309	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#157	286	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#146	320	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#155	297	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#174	258	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#206	203	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#87	47	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#75	57	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#85	48	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#81	48	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#71	52	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#74	50	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#72	53	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#60	68	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#54	74	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#54	62	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#36	88	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#46	72	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#28	107	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#34	90	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#52	73	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#42	91	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#36	108	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#41	88	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#37	88	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#47	82	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#69	58	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#70	61	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#72	59	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#90	50	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#84	51	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#86	54	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#161	12	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#151	13	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#162	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#157	13	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#119	20	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#174	12	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#166	13	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#119	21	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#75	32	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#84	29	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#75	33	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#82	31	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#73	33	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#65	36	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#115	19	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#137	15	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#148	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	40	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	29	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	26	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	43	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	37	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	36	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	39	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	33	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	26	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	31	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	30	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	44	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	40	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	44	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	41	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	40	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	19	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#96	44	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #23, first reached in 2008.

It held a top-100 place in 28 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,270 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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.

Summaya · #1653, 22y
Summayah · #2112, 25y
Summer-Leigh · #1516, 19y
Summer-Rae · #1959, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Bailey · #23, 30y
Ezra · #23, 30y
Lola · #23, 30y
Layla · #24, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bailey · #23, 30y
Ezra · #23, 30y
Jonah · #23, 31y
Lola · #23, 30y

Comparisons involving Summer

Existing comparison pages where Summer and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Summer in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Grace vs Summer
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Grace #1 in 2006, Summer #23 in 2008.
Grace · Summer · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2008 England and Wales ranking
Claire vs Summer
Claire and Summer averaged 11.2 places apart in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, and 593 places apart in England and Wales · Girls.
Claire · Summer · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Close in one country, far apart in another
Chelsea vs Summer
Chelsea and Summer averaged 12.8 places apart in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, and 336 places apart in England and Wales · Girls.
Chelsea · Summer · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Close in one country, far apart in another

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Summer within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Leah vs Summer
Across 24 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Leah and Summer averaged 12.3 places apart, ending at #96 and #75.
Leah · Summer · 24 shared years, 1996–2022 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2022 New Zealand ranking
Phoebe vs Summer
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Phoebe and Summer averaged 12.5 places apart, ending at #65 and #89.
Phoebe · Summer · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Elizabeth vs Summer
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Elizabeth and Summer averaged 13.0 places apart, ending at #83 and #89.
Elizabeth · Summer · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Summer and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Evelyn vs Summer
In New Zealand · Girls, Evelyn moved into the top 50 at #29 in 2014 as Summer fell out of it to #54, having been #36 the year before.
Evelyn · Summer · 13 shared years, 2011–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2014 New Zealand ranking
Amy vs Summer
In New Zealand · Girls, Summer moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2010 as Amy fell out of it to #66, having been #44 the year before.
Amy · Summer · 15 shared years, 1996–2012 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2010 New Zealand ranking
Caitlin vs Summer
In New Zealand · Girls, Summer moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2010 as Caitlin fell out of it to #62, having been #39 the year before.
Caitlin · Summer · 16 shared years, 1996–2014 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2010 New Zealand ranking

Summer was ranked #23 in England and Wales · 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.

Summer 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 Summer without appearing here.

Summer moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #251 and #251 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #155 and #665.
Linda Compare
In 2005 they stood at #340 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #272 and #764.
Barbara Compare
In 2004 they stood at #655 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #320 and #689.
Elisabeth Compare
In 2004 they stood at #655 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #320 and #689.

Moved ahead of Summer

Isabella Compare
In 1999 they stood at #227 and #291 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #348 and #198.
Croía Compare
In 2019 they stood at #149 and #162 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #229 and #95.
Lily Compare
In 1999 they stood at #227 and #344 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #348 and #282.
Fiadh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #75 and #106 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #119 and #77.

Moved the opposite way to Summer

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Summer

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Summer went from #206 to #112 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #23 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Summer

Summer at a glance

What stands out in Summer's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Summer across 5 official records

Summer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Summer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Summer

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Summer

Summer and the names beside it

Summer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Summer

Moved the opposite way to Summer

Moved the same way as Summer

Summer at a glance

What stands out in Summer's record

Summer across 5 official records

Summer by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Summer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Summer

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Summer

Summer and the names beside it

Summer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Summer

Moved the opposite way to Summer

Moved the same way as Summer