unisex name

Seven

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,014

Seven is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 25% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 251 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2022, when 421 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 13,209 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1968.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Seven over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,045
'60 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Seven by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1990s 201
2000s 931
2010s 1,451
2020s (to 2025) 2,045

How popular is Seven?

In 2025, Seven was given to 251 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Seven is used

United States #1,122 251 in 2025
Canada #2,771 7 in 2024
England & Wales #3,163 12 in 2025
France #6,236 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Seven is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Séven Séven is a rare spelling of Seven, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Seven

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Seven also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Seven over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Seven

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Seven — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Seven

How popular is the name Seven?

In 2025, Seven was given to 251 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Seven a girl's or a boy's name?

Seven is used for both girls and boys. About 25% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Seven?

Seven has 2 syllables.

When was Seven most popular?

Seven peaked in 2022, when 421 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Seven a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Seven currently ranks #1,122 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.