Sevastian vs Severin

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Sevastian Severin

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 79 years in which either name was published, Severin for 65 years and Sevastian for 14 years. The lead changed hands 16 times.

• 1908–1999 Severin ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 2000–2010 Sevastian ahead, apart from one short spell
• 2017–2025 Severin ahead, apart from one short spell

10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Severins alive today are over 19; half the Sevastians are over 17. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Sevastian California (4.9×), Texas (4.2×)
• Severin California (8.3×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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