Sevan

#8,134 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly lake

Sevan has been given to 397 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #8,134 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Sevan, 2025

1 in 332,000

Sevan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

19762025

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.

Sevan: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly lake

Armenian

What Sevan means

Sevan may mean “lake”.

Origin, language, and formation

Sevan is used in Turkish. Its origins include Armenian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 348 boys were recorded with the name Sevan between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2019; its best national rank was #5,027 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,612 in 2020 to #8,134 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,852 in 2015 to #8,134 in 2025.

In the United States, 49 girls were recorded with the name Sevan between 1982 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2019; its best national rank was #10,213 in 1982.

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 Sevan?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 171,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,134; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sevan 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sevan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sevans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sevan was born before 2006 — so the typical Sevan is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 64.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 348; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (84).

Is Sevan 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: −2,281; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +478; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,718; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.67×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 55.6%; Peak was 2019 (18)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,027; 1977

Spellings of Sevan

Sevan is not the most common spelling — Steven is, with 31.8% against Sevan's <0.01%.

Steven31.8%1,293,124
Kevin29.1%1,184,507
Sean10.4%423,637
Evan7.1%287,701
Dean4.7%192,930
Devin3.8%156,250
Ivan3.7%150,137
Devon1.8%72,673

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.

Where Sevan is used

Across 1910–2025, Sevan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,089,544 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sevan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sevan around the world

Where Sevan 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
2005–2024
#5,120
in 2024
France
1980–2025
#1,903
in 2025
Canada
1997–2020
#2,570
in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Sevan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,134
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 478
Best rank ever: #5,027; 1977
Peak year: 2019; 18 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 348
Count in 2025: 10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,213; 1982
Peak year: 2019; 10 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 49
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sevan

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

Sevin Sevon Seve Jevan Livan Vivan Rivan Pavan Nivan Levan Jivan Sevyn Sevag Suvan Sevn Giovan Severo Severus Kavan Eivan Seven Gavan Sevynn Duvan

Sibling names for Sevan

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 Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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