Sergei — boys' name
371 babies named Sergei in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Sergei was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Sergei in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sergei
The Social Security Administration has registered 371 babies named Sergei between 1925 and 2021, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sergei currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sergei performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sergei shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sergei 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 371 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.
Sergei at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sergei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1925
- Peak year (1998)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
371 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 16 births in a single year.
Sergei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 86 births that decade — 23% of Sergei's all-time total
Sergei decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sergei's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1925–2021 (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.