202 Summer Baby Names for Girls and Boys

Summer baby names can come from many parts of the season, including the ocean, sunshine, flowers, warm-weather places, and the people who helped shape surfing. This list includes choices for girls and boys, whether your baby is due in June, July, or August or summer simply holds special meaning for your family.

The 202 names are divided into girl and boy lists, then grouped by beach, ocean, surfing, and other seasonal connections. Use the sections below to compare favorites and note the names you want to try with your baby’s middle and last name.

Summer Girl Names

The girl names below range from beach and ocean choices to seasonal favorites and names associated with women who shaped professional surfing.

26 Beachy Girl Names

Coastal place names, water-related words, and familiar choices give this group an easygoing seaside feel.

1. Ariel

2. Azure

3. Bay

4. Cali

5. Coco

6. Cove

7. Delta

8. Hama

9. Haven

10. Ibiza

11. Indie

12. Isla

13. Kinsley

14. Kira

15. Laguna

16. Lana

17. Lily

18. Marisol

19. Maurea

20. Palmira

21. Pearl

22. Sandy

23. Serena

24. Shelly

25. Tallulah

26. Waverly

28 Summer Girl Names Inspired by the Ocean

Marine life, mythology, coastal places, and words associated with water shape this ocean-inspired list.

1. Adria

2. Alda

3. Aquata

4. Aukai

5. Coral

6. Cordelia

7. Daria

8. Delphine

9. Doris

10. Galia

11. Guinevere

12. Kailani

13. Kairi

14. Marina

15. Moana

16. Morwenna

17. Muriel

18. Naia

19. Navy

20. Nerissa

21. Oceana

22. Pelagia

23. Sagari

24. Sereia

25. Thalassa

26. Topanga

27. Umiko

28. Vaiana

16 Surfer Girl Names

Every name in this section belongs to a notable woman in surfing, from early champions to modern professional competitors.

1. Alana — Alana Blanchard is an American surfer who won the shortboard division at the 2005 T&C Surf Women’s Pipeline Championship at age 15.

2. Bethany — Bethany Hamilton is an American surfer who lost her left arm in a shark attack at age 13 and later returned to professional competition.

3. Courtney — Courtney Conlogue is an American surfer who was the youngest athlete selected for the U.S. Junior Surf Team in 2004 when she was 11.

4. Frieda — Frieda Zamba is an American surfer who won four world championships in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988.

5. Gidget — Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman inspired her father’s 1957 novel “Gidget,” which was based on her experiences surfing in Malibu.

6. Joyce — Joyce Hoffman is an American surfer and was the first female international surfing star.

7. Keely — Keely Andrew is an Australian surfer named WSL Rookie of the Year in 2016.

8. Layne — Layne Beachley is a retired Australian professional surfer and seven-time world champion.

9. Lynne — Lynne Boyer is a former American surfer and two-time surfing world champion.

10. Macy — Macy Callaghan is an Australian surfer who won two Junior Australian titles.

11. Margo — Margo Oberg was the first female professional surfer in the world.

12. Nikki — Nikki Van Dijk is an Australian surfer who won the 2018 Sydney Surf Pro.

13. Sage — Sage Erickson is an American surfer who started competing professionally at age 14.

14. Sally — Sally Fitzgibbons is an Australian surfer who reached world No. 1 on the WSL Championship Tour in 2019.

15. Tatiana — Tatiana Weston-Webb is a Brazilian surfer who won the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

16. Wendy — Wendy Botha is a retired South African professional surfer who won four world titles.

34 Sunny & Seasonal Summer Girl Names

Sunshine, flowers, birthstones, summer months, and other seasonal associations inspired this group.

1. Aelia

2. Akemi

3. Aura

4. Birdie

5. Blue

6. Breezy

7. Celeste

8. Chiara

9. Eliana

10. Golden

11. Honey

12. Iris

13. Jasmine

14. June

15. Kalinda

16. Kenya

17. Lavender

18. Magnolia

19. Oakley

20. Oriana

21. Peridot

22. Poppy

23. Rosemary

24. Ruby

25. Soleil

26. Skye

27. Storm

28. Summer

29. Sunny

30. Susana

31. Tesni

32. Vera

33. Yoko

34. Zinnia

Summer Boy Names

The boy names below span beach and ocean choices, names associated with professional surfers, and bold options tied to sun, fire, and nature.

21 Beachy Boy Names

This beach-focused group combines coastal place names, water-related words, and familiar choices with a seaside association.

1. Beckett

2. Capri

3. Dax

4. Dune

5. Finn

6. Glan

7. Harbor

8. Jace

9. Kent

10. Lachlan

11. Luca

12. Malik

13. Maverick

14. Rafferty

15. Ronan

16. Sailor

17. Seaton

18. Sebastian

19. Reef

20. Ross

21. Wade

30 Summer Boy Names Inspired by the Ocean

Mythology, maritime life, bodies of water, and words connected to the sea inspired this list.

1. Aalto

2. Aegir

3. Alon

4. Bahari

5. Barun

6. Bien

7. Calder

8. Caspian

9. Cayman

10. Cliff

11. Delmar

12. Deniz

13. Dylan

14. Earwyn

15. Hurley

16. Irving

17. Kai

18. Llyr

19. Maury

20. Merlin

21. Murdoch

22. Murphy

23. Okeanos

24. Orman

25. Paio

26. Tadahiro

27. Trent

28. Triton

29. Warrain

30. Zale

15 Surfer Boy Names

Influential professional surfers, Olympic competitors, big-wave riders, and coaches lend their names to this section.

1. Adriano — Adriano de Souza is a professional surfer from Brazil who won the WSL World Championship in 2015.

2. Beau — Beau Young is an Australian surfer who retired from competitive surfing in 2004 and pursued a music career.

3. Brett — Brett Simpson is an American surfer, two-time U.S. Open winner, and the first head coach of the U.S. Olympic surfing team.

4. Dane — Dane Reynolds is an American surfer and was inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame in 2012.

5. Duke — Duke Kahanamoku competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics for swimming and popularized surfing.

6. Fletcher — Herbie Fletcher is a surfing innovator whose sons, Christian and Nathan Fletcher, also became accomplished surfers.

7. Gabriel — Gabriel Medina is a Brazilian surfer and has won three WSL World Championships.

8. Garrett — Garrett McNamara is an American big-wave surfer who set a world record in 2011 by riding a 78-foot wave at Nazaré, Portugal.

9. Kanoa — Kanoa Igarashi is a Japanese American surfer who was the youngest rookie to compete in the WSL Championship Tour.

10. Kelly — Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer who has won a record 11 world championships.

11. Laird — Laird Hamilton is an American big-wave surfer who helped pioneer tow-in surfing.

12. Mark — Mark Foo was a Singapore-born Hawaiian big-wave surfer known for riding Waimea Bay.

13. Rio — Rio Waida is an Indonesian surfer and was selected to represent Indonesia in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

14. Shane — Shane Dorian is a former professional surfer who retired from competition to focus on big-wave surfing.

15. Yago — Yago Dora is a Brazilian surfer who won the 2025 WSL World Championship. His father, Leandro Dora, is a former professional surfer and coach.

32 Unique & Bold Summer Boy Names

Heat, light, nature, and the summer calendar connect names such as Blaze, Apollo, Birch, and August to the season.

1. Aiden

2. Apollo

3. August

4. Basil

5. Berry

6. Birch

7. Blaze

8. Cyrus

9. Dayton

10. Elio

11. Fisher

12. Flint

13. Fraser

14. Helios

15. Ishan

16. Julian

17. Kiran

18. Leo

19. Lucien

20. Lux

21. Nasim

22. Natsuo

23. Nikko

24. Oso

25. Phoenix

26. Ravi

27. Ray

28. Rip

29. Samson

30. Somerset

31. Sorley

32. Theros

Once a few summer names stand out, say each one with your baby’s middle and last name. You may also want to compare initials, possible nicknames, and whether the seasonal connection still feels right beyond the baby years.

For more ideas, see our Hawaiian names, nature names, flower names for girls, cool girl names, and cool boy names, or visit our baby names hub.