Girls' name · since 1903
Sedalia
256 babies named Sedalia in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1903
- 1920s
- peak decade
Sedalia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 256 have been recorded since 1903.
Sedalia has 256 recorded births among girls since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 2007.
- #17,394 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 256 born since 1903
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sedalia ranks #17,394 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 256 born since 1903, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1903
- 1920s
- peak decade
Sedalia's 256 recorded births place it above 75.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Sedalia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sedalia splits its recorded history at 1925: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1914 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sedalia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–2007
- Peak year (1914)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Sedalia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (90 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Sedalia's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Sedalia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 17
1900s
17 births
- 1910s
1910s
79 births
- 1920s
1920s
90 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 90 births (35% of all-time use).
Sedalia by state
Where Sedalia concentrates geographically, total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 68 | 26.6% |
68 of 256 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sedalia's data
- Sedalia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Sedalias (68 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sedalia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~104 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1903–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sedalia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.