Unisex name · since 1965
Seva
112 babies named Seva in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,144 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
112 babies have been named Seva since 1965, making it today's #12144 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Seva recorded 112 times among girls since 1965, holding rank #12144 nationally today, ahead of 30% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #25,909 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,144 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 112 born since 1965
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seva ranks #25,909 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,144 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 112 born since 1965, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,144 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Seva's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Seva compares
112 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Seva's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Seva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 112 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Seva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Seva's full recorded timeline at 2017, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Seva popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Seva popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 2023 (Seva as boys' name)
Seva by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (60 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Seva's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Seva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 60 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Seva's data
- Seva's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (60 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Seva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Seva 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.