Sequoyah
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- sih-KWOY-uh
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Sequoyah is a name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Sequoyah mean?
Native American: 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.
Is Sequoyah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sequoyah has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US.
How popular is Sequoyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Sequoyah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Sequoyah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2003, 56% of the babies named Sequoyah in the US were girls.
Sequoyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
Names like Sequoyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Samira, Summer, Sariah, Hadassah, Savannah, Samara, Samiyah, Salma, Safiya, Kaliyah, Amira
Names related to Sequoyah
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna
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, “Sequoyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sequoyah, updated 20 October 2026.