Seven
- #2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births
- #1,118 for boys in 2025, 191 births
- Given to boys 74.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 337 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,434since 1968
Seven over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1968 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | #1,118 | 191 |
| 2024 | #2,434 | 74 | #891 | 265 |
| 2023 | #2,494 | 71 | #799 | 310 |
| 2022 | #2,228 | 84 | #754 | 337 |
| 2021 | #2,460 | 72 | #858 | 272 |
| 2020 | #2,523 | 68 | #924 | 241 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | #1,000 | 209 |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 | #1,408 | 124 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #1,488 | 113 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #1,675 | 94 |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | #2,086 | 67 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | #1,627 | 95 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #1,794 | 80 |
| 2012 | #3,267 | 50 | #1,832 | 80 |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 | #1,849 | 76 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | #2,010 | 68 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 | #1,762 | 86 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #1,452 | 113 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 | #1,576 | 99 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #2,126 | 61 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #2,163 | 56 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #1,911 | 64 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #2,269 | 47 |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 | #2,195 | 48 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #2,429 | 40 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #2,256 | 43 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #2,235 | 40 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five boys were named Seven! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Seven is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Louisiana#531 · 1 in 2,391
- Arkansas#555 · 1 in 2,517
- Georgia#594 · 1 in 2,954
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- New Jersey#829 · 1 in 5,681
Best ever in a state: #204 in District of Columbia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #531 | 8 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Georgia | #594 | 17 | 1 in 2,954 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Florida | #912 | 15 | 1 in 6,369 |
| Pennsylvania | #913 | 8 | 1 in 6,532 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
| Texas | #1,012 | 23 | 1 in 7,611 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| California | #1,119 | 18 | 1 in 9,749 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 6 | 1 in 8,578 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 194 spots since 2020 (#924 → #1,118)
- 968 spots since 2015 (#2,086 → #1,118)
- Biggest jump: 408 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 227 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 2022 at #754 (337 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2019–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,181
- Highest: 1 in 5,181 boys born in 2022 were named Seven (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,943 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 47.1% of all boys named Seven (1,616) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,136 (1968) | #4,136 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 150 | #1,932 (1999) | #4,336 |
| 2000s | 657 | #1,452 (2008) | #2,014 |
| 2010s | 1,006 | #1,000 (2019) | #1,677 |
| 2020s | 1,616 | #754 (2022) | #891 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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