Severo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-VEH-roh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Severo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “stern; strict”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Severo mean?
Latin: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Severus
“stern; strict”
From the Roman family name Severus, borne by the emperor Septimius Severus.
Is Severo a girl's or a boy's name?
Severo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Severo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Severo, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Severo in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Severo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
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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, “Severo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/severo, updated 20 October 2026.