Seely — unisex name
19 babies named Seely in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Seely was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Seely in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seely
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Seely between 2011 and 2019, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seely currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Seely is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seely performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seely 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 19 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.
Seely at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seely popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2011
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
19 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 8 births in a single year.
Seely popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Seely as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Seely accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Seely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 19 births that decade — 100% of Seely's all-time total
Seely decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Seely's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2011–2019 (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.