Seymour
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SEE-mor
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Seymour is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “from Saint-Maur”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Seymour mean?
French: English surname from the Norman place name Saint-Maur
“from Saint-Maur”
From the Norman surname Saint Maur; Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, was the mother of Edward VI.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Seymour a girl's or a boy's name?
Seymour is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seymour in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Seymour, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 786 boys.
2025 had more boys named Seymour than any year since 1977.
Half of all the boys named Seymour in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1930, the years shaded on the chart below.
Seymour in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,571 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,226 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 63 | #877 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,019 |
| 1945 | 58 | #817 |
| 1944 | 50 | #898 |
| 1943 | 66 | #808 |
| 1942 | 81 | #713 |
| 1941 | 81 | #678 |
| 1940 | 84 | #659 |
| 1939 | 112 | #539 |
| 1938 | 114 | #544 |
| 1937 | 145 | #463 |
| 1936 | 162 | #442 |
| 1935 | 159 | #451 |
| 1934 | 186 | #405 |
| 1933 | 245 | #343 |
| 1932 | 267 | #337 |
| 1931 | 340 | #302 |
| 1930 | 447 | #266 |
| 1929 | 464 | #260 |
| 1928 | 568 | #231 |
| 1927 | 569 | #232 |
| 1926 | 660 | #207 |
| 1925 | 668 | #210 |
| 1924 | 786 | #182 |
| 1923 | 723 | #192 |
| 1922 | 735 | #189 |
| 1921 | 700 | #196 |
| 1920 | 660 | #202 |
| 1919 | 576 | #216 |
| 1918 | 511 | #234 |
| 1917 | 434 | #242 |
| 1916 | 376 | #255 |
| 1915 | 303 | #286 |
| 1914 | 245 | #284 |
| 1913 | 157 | #322 |
| 1912 | 118 | #349 |
| 1911 | 49 | #409 |
| 1910 | 25 | #569 |
| 1909 | 17 | #653 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 10 | #628 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 |
Nicknames for Seymour
- Sy 10 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Seymour
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Seymour: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seymour, updated 20 October 2026.