Severo vs Sevon
American parents have registered 1,400 Severos since 1880, against 229 Sevons. But in 2025 it was Sevon that was commoner, 8 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Severo Sevon
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 110 years in which either name was published, Severo for 95 years and Sevon for 15 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1904–1997 Severo ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2003–2005 Sevon ahead
- 2006–2021 Severo ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2022–2025 Sevon ahead
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Severo | Sevon | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,400 | 229 |
| Most in one year | 24 | 24 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 840 | 230 |
| Median age today | 46 | 22 |
| Peak year | 1924 | 1993 |
| Best rank | 1,577th boys | 2,865th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 10,695th | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1904 | 1993 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,400 | 6 / 223 |
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 Sevons are over 22. That is 24 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: Severo and Sevon.