Sevyn
Sevyn was the 575th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 518 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 547th with 555 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,737 places. More babies were named Sevyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning seven (respelled number word) · American English, English
Say it SEV-un /ˈsɛvən/
- Rank in 2025
- #575 girls, up 185 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 518girls
- Girls and boys
- 61% girls, 39% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023555 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,239babies recorded
What does the name Sevyn mean?
Sevyn is a modern respelling of the English number seven, with y replacing e. The number word goes back through Old English seofon to Proto-Germanic sebun and an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem. Sevyn has no older history as a given name; US records show it only from around 2000, for both boys and girls, and no dictionary we checked documents why parents choose this spelling.
seofon (Old English, “seven”)
How sure is this? Probable. The link to the number is inferred from the spelling; the name itself is not in our sources.
See also: American names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'seven' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'seven' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Sevyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #575 | #697 | 518 | 390 |
| 2020 | #760 | #1,116 | 360 | 177 |
| 2010 | #14,717 | #8,037 | 7 | 10 |
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How popular is Sevyn, counting every spelling?
Sevyn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #520 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #575 for Sevyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 584 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevyn | 518 | #575 | 2,526 |
| Sevynn | 46 | #3,379 | 246 |
| Cevyn | 20 | #5,959 | 93 |
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 Sevyn?
518 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sevyn (0.14 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sevyn 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 16 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sevyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sevyn?
About 3,900 people born in the US named Sevyn are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Sevyn 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.
Sevyn by state
How common Sevyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (7.6×), Louisiana (4.2×), Georgia (4.0×), Mississippi (3.6×), Maryland (3.0×). In 20 states fewer than five girls 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 Sevyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sevyn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Sevyn · Sibling names for Sevyn
Questions about the name Sevyn
What does Sevyn mean?
Sevyn means “seven (respelled number word)” (American English, English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Sevyn?
Sevyn was the 575th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 518 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 547th with 555 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,737 places. More babies were named Sevyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Sevyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 61% girls, 39% boys given the name Sevyn in the US.
Where is Sevyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sevyn was most common in District of Columbia (2.36 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Georgia.