Severus
Boy · seh-VEER-us · Latin
Severus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “stern, strict”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Severus mean?
Latin: Roman family name
“stern, strict”
Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211; Severus Snape teaches at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books.
- Say it
- seh-VEER-us
Is Severus a girl's or a boy's name?
Severus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Severus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Severus, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Severus in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Severus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
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