Boys' name · since 1976
Sevag
Sevag has 165 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,145 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 165
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sevag is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 165 have been recorded since 1976.
Sevag has 165 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2011.
- #14,145 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 165 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sevag ranks #14,145 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 165 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,145 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 165
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sevag's 165 recorded births place it above 68.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Sevag's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sevag's full recorded timeline at 1993, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sevag popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2011
- Peak year (1986)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Sevag by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (64 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Sevag's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Sevag births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 64 births (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.
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What to do with Sevag's data
- Sevag's decade-level peak was the 1990s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sevags (88 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sevag: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1976–2011 (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 Sevag 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.