Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Seward

#6,766 most common boys' name of all time · #16,968 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–1976

Rank among boys
#6,766
Rank overall
#16,968 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
568
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #1,321
Best rank
#721 1894
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
1900192019401960

Seward first appears in 1881. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1976 — 5 5 #5,649
1967 — 6 6 #3,607
1966 — 7 7 #3,281
1964 — 5 5 #4,074
1960 — 7 7 #3,367
1956 — 5 5 #3,985
1955 — 7 7 #3,234
1951 — 6 6 #3,404
1950 — 5 5 #3,731
1949 — 5 5 #3,733
1948 — 7 7 #3,051
1947 — 8 8 #2,900
1946 — 10 10 #2,431
1945 — 7 7 #2,781
1943 — 5 5 #3,587
1942 — 5 5 #3,600
1941 — 10 10 #2,365
1940 — 17 17 #1,699
1939 — 6 6 #3,154
1938 — 11 11 #2,210
1937 — 10 10 #2,357
1936 — 6 6 #3,192
1935 — 6 6 #3,305
1934 — 10 10 #2,419
1933 — 13 13 #2,017
1932 — 7 7 #3,128
1931 — 7 7 #3,123
1930 — 12 12 #2,320
1929 — 12 12 #2,342
1928 — 16 16 #1,986
1927 — 10 10 #2,732
1926 — 12 12 #2,454
1925 — 16 16 #2,026
1924 — 21 21 #1,740
1923 — 12 12 #2,474
1922 — 16 16 #2,066
1921 — 13 13 #2,392
1920 — 13 13 #2,359
1919 — 16 16 #1,999
1918 — 15 15 #2,097
1917 — 17 17 #1,838
1916 — 17 17 #1,788
1915 — 26 26 #1,321
1914 — 18 18 #1,456
1913 — 14 14 #1,457
1912 — 14 14 #1,295
1911 — 5 5 #1,798
1909 — 5 5 #1,518
1907 — 8 8 #1,046
1901 — 5 5 #1,140
1900 — 10 10 #879
1896 — 5 5 #1,184
1895 — 5 5 #1,158
1894 — 10 10 #721
1892 — 5 5 #1,158
1891 — 5 5 #1,054
1882 — 7 7 #815
1881 — 5 5 #987