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Seven

#1,122 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Seven has been given to 4,633 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #1,122 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 337 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Seven, 2025

1 in 17,400

Seven over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Seven went to 24% girls and 76% boys.

19682025

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.

Seven: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Seven means

Seven is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Seven is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,434 boys were recorded with the name Seven between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 337 in 2022; its best national rank was #755 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #926 in 2020 to #1,122 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,105 in 2015 to #1,122 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,199 girls were recorded with the name Seven between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,247 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,547 in 2020 to #2,857 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,135 in 2015 to #2,857 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 Seven?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 17,400
191 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,940
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,122
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
12,032 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Seven 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 12,032 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Seven. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sevens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Seven was born before 2019 — so the typical Seven is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
47.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,434
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 47.1% of all recorded uses (1,616).

Is Seven 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
−228
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−196
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+983
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.85×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
56.7%
Peak was 2022 (337)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#755
2022

Spellings of Seven

Seven is not the most common spelling — Steven is, with 33.6% against Seven's 0.09%.

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 Seven is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Seven was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 2,778 boys, against 1 in 7,516 across all states with data. It was least common in Colorado (1 in 50,000).

236 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 2,778
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 3,226
  3. 3Maryland1 in 3,571
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 4,000
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 4,348
  6. 6Florida1 in 5,263
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 6,250
  8. 8Virginia1 in 6,250

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.

Where Seven is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Seven was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 27,794 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 10,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 20,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 25,000
  4. 4Virginia1 in 25,000
  5. 5California1 in 33,333
  6. 6New York1 in 33,333
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 50,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.

Seven around the world

Where Seven 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
    2006–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • France
    1998–2025
    #3,606
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2018–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2003
    #588
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Seven

People whose public names include Seven, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Seven by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,122
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 196
Best rank ever
#755
2022
Peak year
2022
337 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,434
Count in 2025
191

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,857
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 310
Best rank ever
#2,247
2022
Peak year
2022
84 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,199
Count in 2025
60

Names similar to Seven

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

SevynJavenRavenGavenDavenHavenSeveroSevinTavenKevenAvenSevanSvenDevenAyvenJayvenKavenSevonDravenSeverinZavenIvenReuvenMaven

Names with a curve like Seven

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Seven, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DamirAzaelJakaiZenCalumTeoJahmirDakariKhaiJasielAspenColeson

Sibling names for Seven

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

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