Sequoia

#1,981 for girls in 2025, 97 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to girls 88.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,144
2002 · 181 births
Debut · girls
1958
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,941
since 1958

Sequoia over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #1,144, 2002peak #3,834, 1999girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,98197#6,14314
2024#2,36277#7,76510
2023#2,26981#5,25518
2022#2,08792#5,87415
2021#2,26681#4,36223
2020#2,25779#5,04118
2019#2,05692#5,55516
2018#2,36177#6,70312
2017#2,30280#4,93519
2016#2,69764#6,34913
2015#2,45674#6,32413
2014#2,56069#6,30713
2013#2,87059#6,24113
2012#2,54871#7,55910
2011#2,63867#7,50210
2010#2,38679#6,03614
2009#2,56872#5,80015
2008#2,38081#5,76715
2007#2,003102#7,59010
2006#1,939103#5,30316
2005#1,855104#4,82417
2004#1,498134#4,60218
2003#1,395142#5,03515
2002#1,144181#5,72512
2001#1,403135#4,12119
2000#1,617109#5,92011
1999#1,68897#3,83419
1998#1,65797#5,15912
1997#1,67194#6,6188
1996#1,64193#5,53510
1995#1,492106#6,4078
1994#1,64991#6,3728
1993#1,451110#5,7719
1992#1,442111#8,4355
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1985#2,28344#6,5235
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1983#3,34024#6,2385
1982#2,95930#6,3855
1981#3,14727—
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1979#2,86030#4,8427
1978#5,21412#5,7725
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1976#4,36314#4,9356
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First appearance
1958

The first year at least five girls were named Sequoia! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1958–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sequoia is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,578 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,075 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMINew York: #1,662 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,995 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedRIOregon: #433 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,992 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,182 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,198 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,730 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 17,098 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedUTColorado: #714 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,077 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,026 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,404 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #637 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,021 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #773 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,824 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Sequoia, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,516 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,889 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#433 · 1 in 1,992
  2. North Carolina#637 · 1 in 4,021
  3. Colorado#714 · 1 in 4,077
  4. Georgia#773 · 1 in 4,824
  5. Arizona#1,026 · 1 in 6,404

Best ever in a state: #317 in South Carolina, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#43381 in 1,992
North Carolina#637111 in 4,021
Colorado#71461 in 4,077
Georgia#773101 in 4,824
Arizona#1,02651 in 6,404
Pennsylvania#1,18251 in 11,198
Florida#1,51661 in 12,889
Illinois#1,57851 in 14,075
New York#1,66271 in 13,995
California#1,730131 in 17,098
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sequoia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 381 spots since 2024 (#2,362 → #1,981)
  • 276 spots since 2020 (#2,257 → #1,981)
  • 475 spots since 2015 (#2,456 → #1,981)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1958
  • Peaked 2002 at #1,144 (181 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,928
  • Highest: 1 in 9,928 girls born in 2002 were named Sequoia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,570 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 29.5% of all girls named Sequoia (1,163) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#6,103 (1958)#6,103
1960s0——
1970s106#2,860 (1979)#5,337
1980s468#1,647 (1987)#2,501
1990s960#1,442 (1992)#1,631
2000s1,163#1,144 (2002)#1,780
2010s732#2,056 (2019)#2,487
2020s507#1,981 (2025)#2,204

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sequoia in 2001

girls
#1,403
135 births · 1 in 13,338 girls
boys
#4,121
19 births · 1 in 102,257 boys

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #1,403Sequoia135

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #4,121Sequoia19
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 13,338 of them was named Sequoia, which outranked 92.2% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sequoia
  1. #1,396Jaylah136
  2. #1,396Kala136
  3. #1,396Latavia136
  4. #1,403Sequoia135
  5. #1,403Ariella135
  6. #1,403Campbell135
  7. #1,403Harlee135
  8. #1,411Dajah134
  9. #1,411Gracelyn134
  10. #1,411Jaycie134

Tied with 7 names at #1,403; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 102,257 of them was named Sequoia, which outranked 66.5% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sequoia
  1. #3,974Yuta20
  2. #3,974Zackory20
  3. #3,974Zayn20
  4. #4,121Sequoia19
  5. #4,121Aarron19
  6. #4,121Abigail19
  7. #4,121Abrar19
  8. #4,302Abdel18
  9. #4,302Abrahm18
  10. #4,302Adiel18

Tied with 180 names at #4,121; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,879Jaheim#6,316 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,128Imanol#2,049 → #921
  3. ↑ 730Jagger#1,391 → #661
  4. ↑ 539Maximus#850 → #311
  5. ↑ 461Daunte#1,429 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 476Tyreek#914 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 466Tyrique#949 → #1,415
  3. ↓ 456Infant#765 → #1,221
  4. ↓ 423Deion#893 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 291Nicklaus#986 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →