Severin
Boy · SEV-er-in · Latin
Severin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “stern, severe”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Severin mean?
Latin: from Latin Severinus, from Severus
“stern, severe”
Saint Severinus of Noricum was a 5th-century monk who cared for the people of the Danube frontier.
- Say it
- SEV-er-in
Is Severin a girl's or a boy's name?
Severin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Severin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Severin, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Severin in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Severin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
Nicknames for Severin
- Sev
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