Sequoya

Girl · recorded 1978–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1991best year

Most popular in 1991.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Sequoya.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1978

091719781989200120122023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 35 recorded years as a table
Sequoya, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19788
19794
19814
19824
19834
19847
19855
19865
19876
198811
198915
199011
199117
199210
199314
199413
199513
199614
199711
19986
199914
200010
200112
200212
20039
20044
20056
20064
20074
20084
20094
20105
20123
20134
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sequoya isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1978
493

Sequoya was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1991, at 17 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sequoya doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.