How Many People Are Named Sequoia?
people named Sequoia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 78,283 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,432 babies named Sequoia in Social Security records from 1958 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
193 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of huge trees that grow in California. The tree got its name from the Cherokee scholar Sequoya (also known as George Guess), the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sequoia, 89% were girls and 11.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 85.5% of the babies were girls then and 83.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sequoia alive today is about 21 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sequoia first appears in the records in 1958 and was given most often in 2002, to 193 babies. In 2025, 111 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1958 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sequoia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,146, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #1,987. Among boys, its best rank was #3,953, in 1999.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,987 | #6,391 |
| Best rank | #1,146 (2002) | #3,953 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,724 in the 2000s | #5,424 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sequoia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sequoia were born in California than in any other state: about 881 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sequoia was given 6.4 times as often in Oregon, 3.3 times in California and 2.3 times in Georgia.
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