Seymour
Seymour is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 182nd, in 1924.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1924786 births
- Best rank
- #182in 1924
- Since 1880
- 13,102people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,102 boys have been named Seymour in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 786 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 786 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 50%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Seymour | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | |
| 1890s | 107 | |
| 1900s | 112 | |
| 1910s | 2,794 | |
| 1920s | 6,533 | |
| 1930s | 2,177 | |
| 1940s | 605 | |
| 1950s | 264 | |
| 1960s | 143 | |
| 1970s | 84 | |
| 1980s | 45 | |
| 1990s | 38 | |
| 2000s | 26 | |
| 2010s | 37 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Seymour was the 182nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Seymour
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fernandpeak 1923
- Hiroshipeak 1924
- Kiyoshipeak 1923
- Luvernepeak 1924
- Yoshiopeak 1921
- Nunziopeak 1923
- Merwinpeak 1928
- Wintonpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.