Seva — #9064 US unisex name
105 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.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Seva was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Seva in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seva
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Seva between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seva currently holds the #9064 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Seva is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 2023.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seva performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Seva shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seva 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 105 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.
Seva at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seva popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #9064 among girls.
105 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 11 births in a single year.
Seva popularity over time — boys
15 total births recorded since 2023 (Seva as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Seva accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Seva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 60 births that decade — 57% of Seva's all-time total
Seva decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Seva's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1965–2024 (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.