Seva

#12,970 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

All, everybody, through Се́ва

Seva has been given to 127 babies in the U.S. since 1965. In 2025 it ranked #12,970 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% girls, 12% boys all-time.

Babies named Seva, 2025

1 in 474,000

Seva over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Seva over time

In 2025, Seva went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19652025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Seva: meaning, origin, and history

All, everybody, through Се́ва

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Seva means

Seva belongs to the name family reached through Seva → Се́ва. Its meaning is “all, everybody”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Romanization of Russian Се́ва (Séva), a diminutive of Все́волод (Vsévolod)

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Seva (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Seva is used in English and Breton.

Seva comes through Russian Се́ва.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Се́ва and Все́волод.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 112 girls were recorded with the name Seva between 1965 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2024; its best national rank was #7,330 in 1965.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,746 in 2015 to #12,970 in 2025.

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Seva between 2023 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2024; its best national rank was #8,218 in 2024.

How common is Seva?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,970; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Seva sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Seva. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sevas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Seva was born before 2018 — so the typical Seva is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 53.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 95.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 112; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 53.6% of all recorded uses (60).

Is Seva 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: −3,510; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,224; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.70×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 2024 (11)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,330; 1965

Spellings of Seva

Seva is not the most common spelling — Sara is, with 19.5% against Seva's <0.01%.

Sara19.5%436,193
Ava15.4%344,097
Eva12.8%284,761
Vera6.7%149,456
Lena6.6%146,479
Nova2.5%55,783
Lela1.9%43,005
Rena1.8%39,124

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Seva around the world

Where Seva ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2020–2020
#5,493
in 2020
Canada
2019–2023
#2,435
in 2023
South Australia
1963–1967
#650
in 1967

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Seva by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,970
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #7,330; 1965
Peak year: 2024; 11 that year
First recorded: 1965
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 112
Count in 2025: 7

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,218; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 10 that year
First recorded: 2023
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Seva

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

Sevi Sevda Sevana Sevin Zeva Zeeva Yeva Sevaeh Sevynn Teva Sevan Beva Naeva Seveah Aeva Sevina Eeva Neeva Seven Sevaya Sheva Seveyn Leva Ieva

Sibling names for Seva

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Halie Karleigh Rhianna Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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