girls:
3.8k births since 1958
#2814 (51st percentile)
boys:
466 births since 1976
#4120 (10th percentile)
overall:
4.2k births since 1958
#4214 (46th percentile)
The name Sequoia is the #4,214 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,230 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 45.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,814 (50.8% percentile) for all time with 3,764 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #4,120 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 466 births since 1976.
Sequoia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Sequoia is available in 53 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023 (53 years for girls and 38 years for boys). 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 Sequoia has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 81.6% of babies named Sequoia were girls.
For girls, Sequoia reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 19.7% percentile (ranked #718) with 92 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 92 births per million (ranked 19.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sequoia ranks #872 for girls (7.9% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 49.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sequoia reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #912) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sequoia ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 80.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sequoia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sequoia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Sequoia is pronounced as sihk-WOY-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is seek-WOY-uh, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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