NameTides

Sequoia

Sequoia was the #1,981 girls' name in the US in 2025 (97 babies), and #2,475 in Canada.

Sequoia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sequoia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Sequoia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,981 (97)—#2,475 (8)
2024#2,362 (77)—#2,685 (7)
2023#2,269 (81)—#2,366 (8)
2022#2,087 (92)#2,889 (8)#1,727 (12)
2021#2,266 (81)#4,634 (4)#2,185 (9)
2020#2,257 (79)#5,493 (3)#2,873 (6)
2019#2,056 (92)#3,151 (7)#2,872 (6)
2018#2,361 (77)#4,684 (4)#3,286 (5)
2017#2,302 (80)#4,063 (5)#2,041 (10)
2016#2,697 (64)#3,609 (6)#1,690 (13)
2015#2,456 (74)—#1,757 (12)
2014#2,560 (69)#4,684 (4)#1,681 (13)
2013#2,870 (59)#4,050 (5)#1,686 (13)
2012#2,548 (71)#4,171 (5)#2,013 (10)
2011#2,638 (67)#4,049 (5)#1,588 (14)

Sequoia as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Sequoia as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Sequoia as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#6,143 (14)—
2024#7,765 (10)—
2023#5,255 (18)—
2022#5,874 (15)—
2021#4,362 (23)—
2020#5,041 (18)—
2019#5,555 (16)—
2018#6,703 (12)#4,749 (3)
2017#4,935 (19)—
2016#6,349 (13)—
2015#6,324 (13)—
2014#6,307 (13)—
2013#6,241 (13)—
2012#7,559 (10)—
2011#7,502 (10)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #1,144.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1958.
  • In 2025, 87% of US babies named Sequoia were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sequoia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sequoia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sequoia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SequoiaCanadaGirls#2,4758
SequoiaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SequoiaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SequoiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SequoiaUSGirls#1,98197
SequoiaUSBoys#6,14314