Boys' name · since 1983
Seve
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 229 babies named Seve, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,159 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Seve is the #9159 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 229 recorded since 1983.
Seve has 229 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9159 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #12,165 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,159 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 229 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seve ranks #12,165 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,159 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 229 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,165 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,159 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Seve's 229 recorded births place it above 73.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Seve compares
229 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Seve's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Seve | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 229 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Seve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Seve's full recorded timeline at 2003, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Seve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Seve by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (64 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Seve's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Seve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 64 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Seve's data
- Seve's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- 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 Seve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Seve 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.