Sephora vs September
American parents have registered 2,203 Septembers since 1880, against 1,003 Sephoras. But in 2025 it was Sephora that was commoner, 31 babies to 20.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Sephora September
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 71 years in which either name was published, September for 54 years and Sephora for 17 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Sephora | September | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,003 | 2,203 |
| Most in one year | 59 | 51 |
| Babies in 2025 | 31 | 20 |
| Estimated living today | 990 | 2,100 |
| Median age today | 11 | 34 |
| Peak year | 2014 | 1980 |
| Best rank | 2,888th girls | 2,043rd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,460th | 5,917th |
| First recorded | 1974 | 1955 |
| Girls / boys | 1,003 / 0 | 2,203 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Septembers alive today are over 34; half the Sephoras are over 11. That is 23 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Sephora Florida (12.5×), New York (3.2×), California (1.6×)
- September California (5.9×), Ohio (3.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
Compare something else
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Sephora and September.