Seward
- Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 568since 1881
Seward over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Seward has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
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| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
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| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | — | |
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| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Seward! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Seward is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Seward in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Seward
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 112 spots in 1882
- Biggest drop: 411 spots in 1895
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1894 at #668 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1881–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,577
- Highest: 1 in 11,577 boys born in 1894 were named Seward (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 313,801 boys born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 25.0% of all boys named Seward (142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #754 (1882) | #810 |
| 1890s | 30 | #668 (1894) | #975 |
| 1900s | 28 | #836 (1900) | #1,083 |
| 1910s | 142 | #1,268 (1912) | #1,648 |
| 1920s | 141 | #1,727 (1924) | #2,235 |
| 1930s | 88 | #1,997 (1933) | #2,690 |
| 1940s | 74 | #1,680 (1940) | #2,869 |
| 1950s | 23 | #3,201 (1955) | #3,547 |
| 1960s | 25 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,546 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,587 |
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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