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.
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 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 249,774 of them was named Seymour, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 839 names at #5,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 1,441 of them was named Seymour, which outranked 96.3% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.