girls:
94 births since 1965
#5622 (2nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2023
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
99 births since 1965
#7640 (1st percentile)
The name Seva is the #7,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 99 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,622 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 1965. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2023.
Seva first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for girls and 2023 for boys). Birth data for Seva is available in 13 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023 (13 years for girls and 1 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 Seva has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 58.3% of babies named Seva were girls.
For girls, Seva reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #955) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Seva ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 78.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Seva reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Seva is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Seva".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Seva. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Seva is pronounced as SEH-vuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-vuh, at 39.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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