Severa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Severa

The Social Security Administration has registered 477 babies named Severa between 1898 and 2017, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Severa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Severa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Severa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Severa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Severa 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 477 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.