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

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Peak · boys
1924 · 786 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,112
since 1880

Seymour over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Seymour has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #182, 1924boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,19411
2024—#9,8947
2023—#8,9218
2022—#10,8636
2021—#12,1465
2020—#9,5547
2019——
2018——
2017—#12,2465
2016—#7,60510
2015——
2014—#12,1085
2013—#10,7286
2012——
2011—#10,8086
2010—#12,2315
2009——
2008——
2007—#10,9216
2006—#12,0555
2005——
2004—#8,1438
2003——
2002——
2001—#8,3397
2000——
1999—#8,7046
1998——
1997——
1996—#9,0155
1995——
1994——
1993—#6,8167
1992—#7,4226
1991—#5,9428
1990—#7,1786
1989—#7,9055
1988—#4,7869
1987—#6,9515
1986—#4,8538
1985—#5,7856
1984——
1983——
1982—#5,6196
1981——
1980—#6,2505
1979——
1978—#5,0596
1977—#3,20312
1976—#4,4187
1975—#4,3097
1974—#3,31810
1973—#5,1015
1972—#2,99111
1971—#2,55814
1970—#2,73912
1969—#3,0629
1968—#2,73510
1967—#1,85318
1966—#1,81418
1965—#1,98716
1964—#3,0508
1963—#2,04416
1962—#2,8489
1961—#1,82320
1960—#1,85819
1959—#1,86519
1958—#1,83819
1957—#1,48728
1956—#1,41830
1955—#1,57224
1954—#1,46627
1953—#1,40829
1952—#1,22736
1951—#1,48925
1950—#1,39527
1949—#1,25233
1948—#1,06344
1947—#87863
1946—#1,01945
1945—#81758
1944—#89850
1943—#80866
1942—#71381
1941—#67881
1940—#65984
1939—#539112
1938—#544114
1937—#463145
1936—#442162
1935—#451159
1934—#405186
1933—#343245
1932—#337267
1931—#302340
1930—#266447
1929—#260464
1928#4,7255#231568
1927—#232569
1926—#207660
1925—#210668
1924#5,0615#182786
1923—#192723
1922—#189735
1921—#196700
1920—#202660
1919—#216576
1918—#234511
1917—#242434
1916—#255376
1915—#286303
1914—#284245
1913—#322157
1912—#349118
1911—#40949
1910—#56925
1909—#65317
1908—#65716
1907—#86610
1906—#9278
1905—#63614
1904—#68612
1903—#9107
1902—#7949
1901—#7279
1900—#83610
1899—#7868
1898—#7449
1897—#7259
1896—#59213
1895—#64011
1894—#59412
1893—#7059
1892—#64111
1891—#7008
1890—#43417
1889—#62810
1888—#64810
1887—#6798
1886—#60510
1885—#60410
1884—#61310
1883—#59710
1882—#61110
1881—#50312
1880—#48214
First appearance
1880

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 1885

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Seymour
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1924 at #182 (786 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,441
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 49.8% of all boys named Seymour (6,533) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s104#482 (1880)#597
1890s107#434 (1890)#656
1900s112#636 (1905)#769
1910s2,794#216 (1919)#317
1920s6,533#182 (1924)#210
1930s2,177#266 (1930)#409
1940s605#659 (1940)#879
1950s264#1,227 (1952)#1,517
1960s143#1,814 (1966)#2,307
1970s84#2,558 (1971)#3,744
1980s44#4,786 (1988)#6,021
1990s38#5,942 (1991)#7,513
2000s26#8,143 (2004)#9,865
2010s37#7,605 (2016)#10,954
2020s44#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 1885

boys
#604
10 births · 1 in 10,780 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #604Seymour10
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 10,780 of them was named Seymour, which outranked 44.9% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Seymour
  1. #577Travis11
  2. #577Wellington11
  3. #577Williams11
  4. #604Seymour10
  5. #604Alan10
  6. #604Allison10
  7. #604Alma10
  8. #641Alec9
  9. #641Alice9
  10. #641Angelo9

Tied with 36 names at #604; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. ↑ 426Bryant#848 → #422
  2. ↑ 424Butler#971 → #547
  3. ↑ 424Cyril#971 → #547
  4. ↑ 409Gerhard#848 → #439
  5. ↑ 394Rowland#971 → #577
Fallers
  1. ↓ 520Clarance#416 → #936
  2. ↓ 416Oswald#520 → #936
  3. ↓ 389Doctor#547 → #936
  4. ↓ 366Dexter#570 → #936
  5. ↓ 366Gustaf#570 → #936

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

See the top 100 for 1885 →