Recorded 1976–2011 Boys' name Peak 1986 165 births

Sevag — boys' name

165 babies named Sevag in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s71980s611990s642000s282010s5
1990s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Sevag was born in this single decade.

1986
Single peak year

12 babies were named Sevag in 1986 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sevag

The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Sevag between 1976 and 2011, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sevag currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sevag performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sevag shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sevag in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sevag 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 165 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.

Sevag at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

165

Since 1976

36 years of records

Peak year

1986

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1976

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2011

Sevag popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1976

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (1986)
12
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
468101214 201120041999199519921989198619811976 7

Sevag by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
64 births that decade — 39% of Sevag's all-time total
1970s71980s611990s642000s282010s5

Sevag by state

Where Sevag concentrates geographically — total births since 1976

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sevag
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
88 53.3%
California share of Sevag's total US births 53.3%

88 of 165 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sevag?
165 babies have been named Sevag since 1976. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 1986 with 12 births.
When was Sevag most popular?
Sevag was most popular in the 1990s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
Where is Sevag most popular?
The top states for the name Sevag are California (88 births).
How long has the name Sevag been used?
Sevag has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 36 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Sevag?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Seven, Sevyn, Severo, Severin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1976–2011 (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.