Thirty years of Summer
Summer in numbers
Summer peaked in 2008 with 2,270 girls and has fallen since, to 429 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2005 and 2008, from 852 to 2,270. It ranked 206th in 1996, reached 23rd in 2008 and ranks 109th now. On average it was given to 270 girls a year in the late 1990s, 965 in the 2000s, 1,081 in the 2010s and 509 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Samar (7). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Summer.
What the official statisticians said
“For baby girls, seasonal names such as Autumn and Summer increased in popularity and are now both in the top 100.”
ONS, on 2023 births in England and Wales. Read the source
Quoted word for word from the official releases, including their own “may” and “could”. Baby Data has not added reasons of its own. Releases for Scotland and Northern Ireland are about babies there, not in England and Wales.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+0%429 to 429
- 5 years-22%553 to 429
- 10 years-53%906 to 429
- 20 years-50%852 to 429
- Since 1996×2203 to 429
- Total, 1996 to 202524,587girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 109 · ONS · 429 in 2024
Rank 68 · NRS · 44 in 2024
Rank 191 · NISRA · 12 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | 429 | +0% | 1 in 664 |
| 2024 | 112 | 429 | -21% | 1 in 675 |
| 2023 | 86 | 542 | +6% | 1 in 531 |
| 2022 | 96 | 512 | -13% | 1 in 576 |
| 2021 | 90 | 586 | +6% | 1 in 520 |
| 2020 | 93 | 553 | -4% | 1 in 542 |
| 2019 | 92 | 578 | -19% | 1 in 539 |
| 2018 | 74 | 718 | +15% | 1 in 445 |
| 2017 | 86 | 626 | -18% | 1 in 529 |
| 2016 | 74 | 760 | -16% | 1 in 446 |
| 2015 | 66 | 906 | -15% | 1 in 375 |
| 2014 | 58 | 1,067 | -9% | 1 in 317 |
| 2013 * | 48 | 1,179 | -16% | 1 in 290 |
| 2012 | 40 | 1,408 | -18% | 1 in 252 |
| 2011 | 34 | 1,711 | -8% | 1 in 206 |
| 2010 | 30 | 1,852 | -10% | 1 in 190 |
| 2009 | 24 | 2,054 | -10% | 1 in 168 |
| 2008 | 23 | 2,270 | +76% | 1 in 152 |
| 2007 | 44 | 1,288 | +37% | 1 in 260 |
| 2006 | 62 | 937 | +10% | 1 in 349 |
| 2005 | 66 | 852 | +17% | 1 in 370 |
| 2004 | 73 | 727 | +20% | 1 in 428 |
| 2003 | 86 | 605 | +86% | 1 in 501 |
| 2002 | 139 | 325 | +5% | 1 in 892 |
| 2001 | 149 | 309 | +8% | 1 in 938 |
| 2000 | 157 | 286 | -11% | 1 in 1,031 |
| 1999 | =146 | 320 | +8% | 1 in 946 |
| 1998 | =155 | 297 | +15% | n/a |
| 1997 | 174 | 258 | +27% | 1 in 1,215 |
| 1996 | 206 | 203 | 1 in 1,557 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
Compare Summer
Draws the second name on the chart above, on a shared scale.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate