How Many People Are Named Seymour?
people named Seymour are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 309,307 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,122 babies named Seymour in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
791 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Norman surname which originally belonged to a person coming from the French town of Saint Maur (which means "Saint MAURUS").
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Seymour in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Seymour alive today is about 68 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Seymour first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 791 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Seymour has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #182, in 1924. In 2025 it ranked #7,590.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,590 |
| Best rank | #182 (1924) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #211 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Seymour alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Seymour were born in New York than in any other state: about 409 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Seymour was given 7.8 times as often in New York, 2.5 times in New Jersey and 1.6 times in Illinois.
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