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Sev

#13,575 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Seva

Sev has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2023. In 2025 it ranked #13,575 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Sev, 2025

1 in 663,000

Sev over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sev: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Seva

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sev means

Sev is a variant of Seva.

Origin, language, and formation

Sev is used in Breton.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Seva.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Sev between 2023 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2023; its best national rank was #13,575 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sev?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,575
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sev sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sev. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sevs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sev was born before 2023 — so the typical Sev is around 2 today.

Median birth year
2023
About 2 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10
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2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Sev rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2023 (5)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#13,575
2025

Sev by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,575
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#13,575
2025
Peak year
2023
5 that year
First recorded
2023
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Sev

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Sev

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Sev

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