Severin vs Severo
American parents have registered 1,400 Severos since 1880, against 914 Severins. But in 2025 it was Severin that was commoner, 15 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Severin Severo
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 115 years in which either name was published, Severo for 71 years and Severin for 44 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1908–1918 Severin ahead
- 1919–1982 Severo ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1990–1992 Severin ahead
- 1993–1995 Severo ahead
- 1996–2025 Severin ahead, apart from one short spell
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Severin | Severo | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 914 | 1,400 |
| Most in one year | 28 | 24 |
| Babies in 2025 | 15 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 710 | 840 |
| Median age today | 19 | 46 |
| Peak year | 2014 | 1924 |
| Best rank | 3,693rd boys | 1,577th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,861st | 10,695th |
| First recorded | 1908 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 914 | 0 / 1,400 |
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 Severos alive today are over 46; half the Severins are over 19. That is 27 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Severin California (8.3×)
- Severo Texas (11.7×), New Mexico (6.9×), California (0.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Severin and Severo.