girls:
158 births since 1996
#5558 (3rd percentile)
boys:
481 births since 1914
#4105 (10th percentile)
overall:
639 births since 1914
#7100 (8th percentile)
The name Seeley is the #7,100 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 639 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,105 (10.4% percentile) for all time with 481 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,558 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 158 births since 1996.
Seeley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Seeley is available in 19 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (17 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Seeley has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 76.7% of babies named Seeley were boys.
For boys, Seeley reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #886) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Seeley ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Seeley reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #947) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Seeley ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 51.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Seeley".
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