Seymour
Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1924 · 786 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,112since 1880
Seymour over time
Rank among boys' names. Seymour has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,838 | 19 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,227 | 36 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1947 | — | #878 | 63 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,019 | 45 | |
| 1945 | — | #817 | 58 | |
| 1944 | — | #898 | 50 | |
| 1943 | — | #808 | 66 | |
| 1942 | — | #713 | 81 | |
| 1941 | — | #678 | 81 | |
| 1940 | — | #659 | 84 | |
| 1939 | — | #539 | 112 | |
| 1938 | — | #544 | 114 | |
| 1937 | — | #463 | 145 | |
| 1936 | — | #442 | 162 | |
| 1935 | — | #451 | 159 | |
| 1934 | — | #405 | 186 | |
| 1933 | — | #343 | 245 | |
| 1932 | — | #337 | 267 | |
| 1931 | — | #302 | 340 | |
| 1930 | — | #266 | 447 | |
| 1929 | — | #260 | 464 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #231 | 568 |
| 1927 | — | #232 | 569 | |
| 1926 | — | #207 | 660 | |
| 1925 | — | #210 | 668 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #182 | 786 |
| 1923 | — | #192 | 723 | |
| 1922 | — | #189 | 735 | |
| 1921 | — | #196 | 700 | |
| 1920 | — | #202 | 660 | |
| 1919 | — | #216 | 576 | |
| 1918 | — | #234 | 511 | |
| 1917 | — | #242 | 434 | |
| 1916 | — | #255 | 376 | |
| 1915 | — | #286 | 303 | |
| 1914 | — | #284 | 245 | |
| 1913 | — | #322 | 157 | |
| 1912 | — | #349 | 118 | |
| 1911 | — | #409 | 49 | |
| 1910 | — | #569 | 25 | |
| 1909 | — | #653 | 17 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Seymour was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Seymour is popular in 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#78 · 1 in 410
- New Jersey#147 · 1 in 1,387
- Illinois#174 · 1 in 1,303
- Michigan#215 · 1 in 1,709
- Pennsylvania#309 · 1 in 5,081
Best ever in a state: #44 in New York, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #78 | 155 | 1 in 410 |
| New Jersey | #147 | 13 | 1 in 1,387 |
| Illinois | #174 | 27 | 1 in 1,303 |
| Michigan | #215 | 9 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Pennsylvania | #309 | 11 | 1 in 5,081 |
| Ohio | #337 | 6 | 1 in 4,708 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Seymour
- 2,700 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #7,194)
- 2,360 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1904 (#910 → #686)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1906 (#636 → #927)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #182 (786 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 1,441 boys born in 1924 were named Seymour (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 49.8% of all boys named Seymour (6,533) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #482 (1880) | #597 |
| 1890s | 107 | #434 (1890) | #656 |
| 1900s | 112 | #636 (1905) | #769 |
| 1910s | 2,794 | #216 (1919) | #317 |
| 1920s | 6,533 | #182 (1924) | #210 |
| 1930s | 2,177 | #266 (1930) | #409 |
| 1940s | 605 | #659 (1940) | #879 |
| 1950s | 264 | #1,227 (1952) | #1,517 |
| 1960s | 143 | #1,814 (1966) | #2,307 |
| 1970s | 84 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,744 |
| 1980s | 44 | #4,786 (1988) | #6,021 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,942 (1991) | #7,513 |
| 2000s | 26 | #8,143 (2004) | #9,865 |
| 2010s | 37 | #7,605 (2016) | #10,954 |
| 2020s | 44 | #7,194 (2025) | #9,762 |
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.
Seymour in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 2,672 of them was named Seymour, which outranked 92.4% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.