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Sumner: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 17 in 2025. Its best rank was #553 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #553 in 1883; #5,580 in 2025. About 74% of babies named Sumner in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,580 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #553.
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Sumner: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 17 boys in 2025. Peak: #553 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 65 (1922).
In 2025, 17 US boys were named Sumner, making it the 5,580th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,203 places from #6,783 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 13 boys named Sumner in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #553, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 65, in 1922. For comparison, it was #5,711 in 2015 and #1,740 in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Sumner, making it the 14,728th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #7,232, reached in 1997. That year also had the most girls given the name: 13. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sumner in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 2,662 US babies have been given the name, 8.2% of them girls and 92% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 570 babies named Sumner.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 127 US boys were named Sumner; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 17. In 2025 that was about 1 in 100,475 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,728 | 17 | #5,580 |
| 2024 | — | — | 13 | #6,783 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,927 | 11 | #7,668 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,466 | 9 | #8,892 |
| 2021 | — | — | 12 | #7,039 |
| 2020 | — | — | 16 | #5,664 |
| 2019 | — | — | 11 | #7,568 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,842 | 16 | #5,744 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,480 |
| 2016 | — | — | 11 | #7,544 |
| 2015 | — | — | 16 | #5,711 |
| 2014 | — | — | 13 | #6,581 |
| 2013 | — | — | 14 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,619 | 13 | #6,590 |
| 2011 | 6 | #16,536 | 10 | #7,988 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,769 | 10 | #8,056 |
| 2009 | — | — | 18 | #5,284 |
| 2008 | 5 | #20,114 | 12 | #7,126 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,208 | 15 | #5,869 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,707 | 18 | #5,043 |
| 2005 | 7 | #14,330 | 19 | #4,608 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,477 | 24 | #3,840 |
| 2003 | 5 | #18,081 | 19 | #4,399 |
| 2002 | 8 | #12,064 | 14 | #5,362 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,323 | 14 | #5,361 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,482 | 17 | #4,542 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,236 | 14 | #5,002 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,902 | 22 | #3,471 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,232 | 20 | #3,572 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,438 | 24 | #3,095 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,461 | 19 | #3,538 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,712 | 36 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,658 | 17 | #3,797 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,361 | 19 | #3,444 |
| 1991 | — | — | 9 | #5,877 |
| 1990 | — | — | 20 | #3,153 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,698 | — | — |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,258 | 13 | #3,882 |
| 1987 | — | — | 9 | #4,910 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,588 | 9 | #4,793 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,173 | 11 | #4,019 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,498 |
| 1983 | — | — | 6 | #6,124 |
| 1982 | 7 | #9,092 | — | — |
| 1981 | — | — | 5 | #7,150 |
| 1980 | — | — | 10 | #4,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #10,048 | 10 | #4,040 |
| 1976 | — | — | 6 | #5,515 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,801 |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,444 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,330 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #4,189 |
| 1969 | — | — | 7 | #3,898 |
| 1968 | — | — | 12 | #2,557 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,467 |
| 1965 | — | — | 8 | #3,222 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #3,024 |
| 1963 | — | — | 8 | #3,293 |
| 1961 | — | — | 8 | #3,325 |
| 1960 | — | — | 10 | #2,850 |
| 1959 | — | — | 6 | #3,943 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,795 |
| 1957 | — | — | 11 | #2,617 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,187 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,420 |
| 1954 | — | — | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1953 | — | — | 19 | #1,826 |
| 1952 | — | — | 14 | #2,145 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,641 |
| 1950 | — | — | 19 | #1,740 |
| 1949 | — | — | 20 | #1,699 |
| 1948 | — | — | 21 | #1,653 |
| 1947 | — | — | 23 | #1,595 |
| 1946 | — | — | 25 | #1,433 |
| 1945 | — | — | 16 | #1,763 |
| 1944 | — | — | 22 | #1,474 |
| 1943 | — | — | 22 | #1,525 |
| 1942 | — | — | 27 | #1,356 |
| 1941 | — | — | 22 | #1,479 |
| 1940 | — | — | 20 | #1,565 |
| 1939 | — | — | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1938 | — | — | 14 | #1,968 |
| 1937 | — | — | 16 | #1,820 |
| 1936 | — | — | 22 | #1,457 |
| 1935 | — | — | 26 | #1,350 |
| 1934 | — | — | 27 | #1,319 |
| 1933 | — | — | 32 | #1,178 |
| 1932 | — | — | 28 | #1,319 |
| 1931 | — | — | 41 | #1,061 |
| 1930 | — | — | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1929 | — | — | 60 | #854 |
| 1928 | — | — | 56 | #900 |
| 1927 | — | — | 48 | #1,021 |
| 1926 | — | — | 61 | #853 |
| 1925 | — | — | 57 | #898 |
| 1924 | — | — | 61 | #895 |
| 1923 | — | — | 51 | #972 |
| 1922 | — | — | 65 | #854 |
| 1921 | — | — | 46 | #1,042 |
| 1920 | — | — | 65 | #843 |
| 1919 | — | — | 47 | #997 |
| 1918 | — | — | 51 | #938 |
| 1917 | — | — | 37 | #1,107 |
| 1916 | — | — | 52 | #882 |
| 1915 | — | — | 41 | #995 |
| 1914 | — | — | 28 | #1,096 |
| 1913 | — | — | 30 | #911 |
| 1912 | — | — | 25 | #912 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #890 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #923 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,261 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,569 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,328 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,235 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #868 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,298 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #1,047 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,289 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #989 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,047 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,092 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,169 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,055 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #950 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #872 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,098 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,020 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,052 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #641 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #758 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #749 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #553 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,079 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #696 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #631 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).