Severus

Popularity Trends

The name Severus is the #7,584 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 155 recorded births since 2011. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,431 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 155 births since 2011.

Severus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2011 (first recorded for boys in 2011).

For boys, Severus reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #894) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Severus ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 24.2% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Severus".

2011 2023 20112023

Key Statistics

Total Births

155

Peak Births

Peak Year

2016

First Recorded

2011

Peak Percentile

2.9%

Current Percentile

0.2%

Peak Rank

#894

Current Rank

#909

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Severus", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Severus.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Severus's popularity from 2008 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Severus at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Severus range from Aadvik at 96.0% correlation to Meshilem at 94.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 94.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Aveline with 1.2K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Eveleigh with 107 births (100% girls).

Severus' share of births peaked at 15.8 births per million for boys in 2016. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (15% of peak) in 2014. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Severus had 3.8 births per million, 24% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Aadvik

484

96.01% (very strong)

Giulietta

632

95.95% (very strong)

Addaline

242

95.51% (very strong)

Louna

149

95.20% (very strong)

Aveline

1,152

95.04% (very strong)

Yurani

341

95.03% (very strong)

Adhvik

413

94.49% (very strong)

Ayaansh

526

94.41% (very strong)

Tinsleigh

188

94.31% (very strong)

Eveleigh

107

94.27% (very strong)

Kaulder

152

94.25% (very strong)

Meshilem

140

94.23% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Severus

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Severus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 77.4% confident that Severus is pronounced as SEH-ver-uhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is seh-VER-uhs, at 22.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.

SEH-ver-uhs

77.4%

seh-VER-uhs

22.6%

SEH-ver-uhs (3 syllables)

77.4% confidence

S EH1 V ER0 AH0 S

seh-VER-uhs (3 syllables)

22.6% confidence

S EH0 V ER1 AH0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Severus? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Severus. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Severus, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S EH1 V ER0 AH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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