Seaver — boys' name
135 babies named Seaver in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
135 boys have been named Seaver since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2017.
- 135
- total births
- 1988–2017
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Seaver was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Seaver in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seaver
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Seaver between 1988 and 2017, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seaver currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seaver performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Seaver shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Seaver in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seaver in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 135 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Seaver at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seaver popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1988
- Peak year (1993)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
135 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 14 births in a single year.
Seaver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 59 births that decade — 44% of Seaver's all-time total
Seaver decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Seaver's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Seaver by state
Where Seaver concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 135 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.