Sequoyah**
#9,063 most common girls' name of all time · #15,141 across all names · 30% male / 70% female · used 1919–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#9,063
Rank overall
#15,141 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
678
Since 2016
71
Peak year
1999 #5,252
Best rank
#4,529 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Sequoyah first appears in 1919. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,067 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,654 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #9,075 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #13,757 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,481 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2016 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,508 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,207 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,270 |
| 2010 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #9,297 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,840 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,723 |
| 2006 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,789 |
| 2005 | 16 | 8 | 24 | #7,188 |
| 2004 | 23 | 5 | 28 | #5,411 |
| 2003 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #6,094 |
| 2002 | 15 | 10 | 25 | #7,119 |
| 2001 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #6,367 |
| 2000 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #5,735 |
| 1999 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #5,252 |
| 1998 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #5,848 |
| 1997 | 23 | 11 | 34 | #4,543 |
| 1996 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #5,105 |
| 1995 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #5,055 |
| 1994 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #7,187 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,553 |
| 1992 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #8,156 |
| 1991 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,529 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,410 |
| 1989 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #5,098 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,808 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,116 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,885 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,522 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,533 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,211 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1979 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,506 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,819 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,749 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | — |