Seven
Seven was the 1122nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 191 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 755th with 337 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 983 places. More babies were named Seven in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning seven (number name) · English, Old English
Say it SEV-un /ˈsɛvən/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,122 boys, down 196 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 191boys
- Girls and boys
- 21% girls, 79% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022337 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,633babies recorded
What does the name Seven mean?
Seven is the English number word, from Old English seofon, used as a given name. Seven has symbolic weight in many traditions: the seven days of creation in Genesis, the seven heavens and the many sevens of the Book of Revelation, where it suggests completeness. As a first name it is modern and American, recorded in SSA data from 1968 for boys and from the 1990s for girls.
seofon (Old English, “seven”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Septimus.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'seven' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Seven popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,857 | #1,122 | 60 | 191 |
| 2020 | #2,547 | #926 | 68 | 241 |
| 2010 | #3,949 | #2,030 | 39 | 68 |
| 2000 | #4,951 | #2,288 | 24 | 43 |
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How popular is Seven, counting every spelling?
Seven is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #900 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,122 for Seven on its own. Together these spellings went to 251 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven | 191 | #1,122 | 1,375 |
| Sevin | 32 | #3,573 | 147 |
| Sevan | 10 | #8,138 | 56 |
| Sevon | 8 | #9,573 | 28 |
| Ceven | 5 | #12,378 | 26 |
| Sevenn | 5 | #13,580 | 25 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Seven?
191 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Seven (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Seven born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 44 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Seven.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Seven?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Seven are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Seven a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Seven by state
How common Seven was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (3.2×), South Carolina (2.4×), Maryland (2.3×), Louisiana (2.3×), North Carolina (1.8×). In 24 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Seven: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Seven, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Seven · Sibling names for Seven
Questions about the name Seven
What does Seven mean?
Seven means “seven (number name)” (English, Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Seven?
Seven was the 1122nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 191 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 755th with 337 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 983 places. More babies were named Seven in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Seven a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 21% girls, 79% boys given the name Seven in the US.
Where is Seven most popular?
In 2021–2025, Seven was most common in Georgia (0.51 per 1,000 boys), followed by South Carolina and Maryland.