Sedelia — girls' name
10 babies named Sedelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 girls have been named Sedelia since 1923, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1946.
- 10
- total births
- 1923–1946
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Sedelia was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Sedelia in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sedelia
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Sedelia between 1923 and 1946, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sedelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sedelia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sedelia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sedelia 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 10 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.
Sedelia at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sedelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1946.
10 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 5 births in a single year.
Sedelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Sedelia's all-time total
Sedelia decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Sedelia's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1923–1946 (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.