Recorded 2000–2022 Boys' name Peak 2005 108 births

Seydou — boys' name

108 babies named Seydou in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s532010s422020s13
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Seydou was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

10 babies were named Seydou in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Seydou

The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Seydou between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seydou currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Seydou performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Seydou shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Seydou in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Seydou 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 108 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.

Seydou at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

108

Since 2000

23 years of records

Peak year

2005

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2000

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2022

Seydou popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2005)
10
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 20222017201420112009200520032000 6

Seydou by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
53 births that decade — 49% of Seydou's all-time total
2000s532010s422020s13

Seydou by state

Where Seydou concentrates geographically — total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Seydou
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 4.6%
New York share of Seydou's total US births 4.6%

5 of 108 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Seydou?
108 babies have been named Seydou since 2000. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2005 with 10 births.
When was Seydou most popular?
Seydou was most popular in the 2000s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Seydou most popular?
The top states for the name Seydou are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Seydou been used?
Seydou has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 23 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Seydou?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Seymour, Seymore, Seyon, Seyed, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2000–2022 (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.