Name profile

Seymour

From a Norman surname that originally belonged to a person coming from the French town of Saint Maur.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈsi.mɔɹ/; British English /ˈsiː.mɔː/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#7,194

Meaning and history

From a Norman surname originally borne by someone from the French town of Saint Maur, meaning “Saint Maurus.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 5 births, rank #12,055
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: 5 births, rank #12,231
20112011: 6 births, rank #10,808
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 6 births, rank #10,728
2014: 5 births, rank #12,108
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 5 births, rank #12,246
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 7 births, rank #9,554
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 6 births, rank #10,863
2023: 8 births, rank #8,921
2024: 7 births, rank #9,894
20252025: 11 births, rank #7,194

Seymour moved from #828 to #885 for boys between 1945 and 1947. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 786 births.