Sequoia
Girl · seh-KWOY-a · Native American
Sequoia is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,981st for girls in the US (97 babies).
What does Sequoia mean?
Native American: from the Cherokee name Sequoyah, via the tree
The giant sequoia is generally thought to honour Sequoyah, creator of the Cherokee writing system.
- Say it
- seh-KWOY-a
Is Sequoia a girl's or a boy's name?
Sequoia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 97 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Sequoia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sequoia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sequoia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
How popular is Sequoia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,981among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 97about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 97 girls in the US were named Sequoia, making it the 1,981st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,257th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 181 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958. 14 boys were also named Sequoia in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Sequoia than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Sequoia in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87% of the babies named Sequoia in the US were girls.
Sequoia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,981 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 92 | #2,087 |
| 2021 | 81 | #2,266 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,257 |
| 2019 | 92 | #2,056 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,302 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 74 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,558 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 71 | #2,548 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 81 | #2,380 |
| 2007 | 102 | #2,003 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,939 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,394 |
| 2002 | 181 | #1,143 |
| 2001 | 135 | #1,402 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,615 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,686 |
| 1998 | 97 | #1,655 |
| 1997 | 94 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,639 |
| 1995 | 106 | #1,489 |
| 1994 | 91 | #1,644 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,449 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,439 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 93 | #1,601 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,702 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,646 |
| 1986 | 51 | #2,078 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
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