Seward — boys' name

What the Data Says About Seward

The Social Security Administration has registered 568 babies named Seward between 1881 and 1976, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seward currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Seward performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Seward shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Seward in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Seward 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 568 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.