Boys' name · since 2023
Sev
Since 2023, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Sev, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,578 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,578 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sev currently ranks #13578 among boys' names in America, with 10 babies recorded since 2023.
Social Security Administration records show Sev recorded 10 times among boys since 2023, holding rank #13578 nationally today, ahead of 3% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2025.
- #35,578 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,578 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 10 born since 2023
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sev ranks #35,578 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,578 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 10 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,578 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,578 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sev's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sev compares
10 3rd 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
Sev's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sev | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sev's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sev's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 5 births recorded.
Sev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Sev by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Sev's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Sev births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sev: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~2 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, 2023–2025 (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 Sev 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.