Boys' name · since 1998
Seif
Seif has 275 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Seif is the #6328 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 275 recorded since 1998.
Seif has 275 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6328 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #11,137 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,328 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 275 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seif ranks #11,137 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,328 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 275 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,137 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Seif's 275 recorded births place it above 75.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Seif compares
275 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Seif's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Seif | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 275 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Seif's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Seif's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Seif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Seif by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (113 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Seif's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Seif births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 113 births (41% of all-time use).
Seif by state
Where Seif concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 3.6% |
10 of 275 births nationwide.
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What to do with Seif's data
- Seif's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (113 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Seifs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Seif: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Seif 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.