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.
39% of everyone ever named Sevag was born in this single decade.
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 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sevag popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1976
- Peak year (1986)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
165 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 12 births in a single year.
Sevag by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 64 births that decade — 39% of Sevag's all-time total
Sevag decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sevag's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Sevag by state
Where Sevag concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 88 | 53.3% |
88 of 165 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 53.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 53.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 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.