Seattle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- see-AT-ul
- Origin
- Native American
Seattle is a girls' name of Native American origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Seattle mean?
Native American: US city named after Chief Si'ahl (Seattle)
The city was named after Chief Seattle, a 19th-century leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples of Puget Sound.
Is Seattle a girl's or a boy's name?
Seattle is a girls' name.
How popular is Seattle in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Seattle in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Seattle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Seattle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle, Caroline, Sophia, Phoebe, Sophie, Annalise, Adeline, Salome, Selene, Annabelle, Reese, Grace
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Seattle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seattle, updated 20 October 2026.