Recorded 1905–2020 Boys' name Peak 1952 1,235 births

Seferino — boys' name

1,235 babies named Seferino in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1900s51910s751920s1591930s1471940s1581950s1401960s1121970s1211980s1071990s902000s832010s322020s6
1920s
Peak decade

13% of everyone ever named Seferino was born in this single decade.

1952
Single peak year

23 babies were named Seferino in 1952 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Seferino

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,235 babies named Seferino between 1905 and 2020, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seferino currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Seferino performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Seferino shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 570 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Seferino in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Seferino 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 1,235 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.

Seferino at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

1,235

Since 1905

116 years of records

Peak year

1952

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1905

Recorded for 116 years

Last year on file: 2020

Seferino popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1905

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1952)
23
Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
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Seferino by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
159 births that decade — 13% of Seferino's all-time total
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Seferino by state

Where Seferino concentrates geographically — total births since 1905

Regionally concentrated
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Seferino
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
570 46.2%
#2 California
51 4.1%
#3 New Mexico
28 2.3%
Texas share of Seferino's total US births 46.2%
Even split

570 of 1,235 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Seferino?
1,235 babies have been named Seferino since 1905. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1952 with 23 births.
When was Seferino most popular?
Seferino was most popular in the 1920s decade with 159 total births. The single peak year was 1952.
Where is Seferino most popular?
The top states for the name Seferino are Texas (570 births), California (51 births), New Mexico (28 births).
How long has the name Seferino been used?
Seferino has been recorded in Social Security data since 1905, spanning 116 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Seferino?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sef, Sefton, Sefa. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1905–2020 (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.