Severiano vs Severo
American parents have registered 1,400 Severos since 1880, against 803 Severianos. But in 2025 it was Severiano that was commoner, 9 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Severiano Severo
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 112 years in which either name was published, Severo for 89 years and Severiano for 23 years. The lead changed hands 29 times.
- 1904–1994 Severo ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 2003–2017 Severiano ahead, apart from one short spell
24 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Severiano | Severo | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 803 | 1,400 |
| Most in one year | 17 | 24 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 580 | 840 |
| Median age today | 35 | 46 |
| Peak year | 1990 | 1924 |
| Best rank | 3,467th boys | 1,577th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 8,243rd | 10,695th |
| First recorded | 1918 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 803 | 0 / 1,400 |
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 Severos alive today are over 46; half the Severianos are over 35. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Severiano Texas (12.0×)
- Severo Texas (11.7×), New Mexico (6.9×), California (0.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Severiano and Severo.