Sefton — boys' name
10 babies named Sefton in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Sefton was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Sefton in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sefton
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Sefton between 1975 and 2017, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sefton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sefton performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sefton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sefton 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.
Sefton at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sefton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1975
- Peak year (1975)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
10 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 5 births in a single year.
Sefton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Sefton's all-time total
Sefton decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sefton'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, 1975–2017 (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.