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
2002 · 181 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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
1991#2,01468
1990#1,60593
1989#1,75077
1988#1,70475
1987#1,64774
1986#2,07951
1985#2,28344#6,5235
1984#2,11147
1983#3,34024#6,2385
1982#2,95930#6,3855
1981#3,14727
1980#3,99219
1979#2,86030#4,8427
1978#5,21412#5,7725
1977#3,76119
1976#4,36314#4,9356
1975#7,9846
1974#6,2588
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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.

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 2020

girls
#2,257
79 births · 1 in 20,463 girls
boys
#5,041
18 births · 1 in 95,893 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #2,257Sequoia79

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #5,041Sequoia18
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 20,463 of them was named Sequoia, which outranked 87.1% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sequoia
  1. #2,241Rumi80
  2. #2,241Stormie80
  3. #2,241Xitlali80
  4. #2,257Sequoia79
  5. #2,257Aleya79
  6. #2,257Azari79
  7. #2,257Cambrie79
  8. #2,277Adleigh78
  9. #2,277Alyna78
  10. #2,277Alyza78

Tied with 19 names at #2,257; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 1,492Avayah#2,428#936
  2. 950Denisse#1,802#852
  3. 818Jianna#1,668#850
  4. 609Capri#1,291#682
  5. 550Rosalia#1,287#737
Fallers
  1. 393Yaritza#813#1,206
  2. 271Seraphina#1,000#1,271
  3. 207Marissa#874#1,081
  4. 203Annabella#644#847
  5. 195Jayde#832#1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 95,893 of them was named Sequoia, which outranked 64.1% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sequoia
  1. #4,855Zadrian19
  2. #4,855Zaylan19
  3. #4,855Zyhir19
  4. #5,041Sequoia18
  5. #5,041Aanav18
  6. #5,041Aaren18
  7. #5,041Adonys18
  8. #5,235Abdelrahman17
  9. #5,235Abdulahad17
  10. #5,235Abenezer17

Tied with 193 names at #5,041; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 587Zyair#1,548#961
  2. 567Jaxtyn#1,152#585
  3. 539Jakobe#1,372#833
  4. 473Kylo#922#449
  5. 461Ander#1,085#624
Fallers
  1. 380Vivaan#875#1,255
  2. 282Alexzander#890#1,172
  3. 268Reyansh#806#1,074
  4. 266Javion#949#1,215
  5. 224Kenny#862#1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020