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Sevastian vs Sevin

American parents have registered 644 Sevins since 1880, against 539 Sevastians. Sevin is still ahead, with 32 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Sevastian against Sevin, 1880 to 2025 0 13 25 38 50 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Sevastian Sevin

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 33 years in which either name was published, Sevin for 18 years and Sevastian for 15 years. The lead changed hands 11 times.

Side by side

  Sevastian Sevin
Total US births 539644
Most in one year 3544
Babies in 2025 832
Estimated living today 530640
Median age today 1710
Peak year 20082022
Best rank 3,221st boys3,344th boys
Rank in 2025 8,910th3,513th
First recorded 19881990
Girls / boys 0 / 539122 / 522

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 Sevastians alive today are over 17; half the Sevins are over 10. That is 7 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Sevastian and Sevin.