Sequoya
Girl · sih-KWOY-uh · Native American
Sequoya is a girls' name of Native American origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sequoya mean?
Native American: spelling of Sequoyah; Cherokee, from the name of the creator of the Cherokee syllabary
Sequoyah created the Cherokee syllabary in the 1820s; the giant sequoia trees are traditionally said to be named after him.
- Say it
- sih-KWOY-uh
Meaning borrowed from Sequoyah.
Is Sequoya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sequoya is a girls' name.
How popular is Sequoya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Sequoya in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sequoya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
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