Sequoia Girl
How popular is Sequoia?
#1,981 girl name in 2025
97 baby girls were named Sequoia in the US in 2025, making it the 1981st most popular girl name. Another 14 boys got the name (#6,140 for boys).
Sequoia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,981 for girls (▲ 381 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 97 girls, 14 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,456 in 2015, #2,257 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (181 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,143 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1958 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 16% boys, 84% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sequoia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sequoia family of names ranked #1,505 for girls in 2025 (#1,770 the year before), with 104 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoia | 97 | 93% |
| Sequoyah | 7 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sequoia is most popular
Babies named Sequoia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oregon: 0.4 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (102 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Sequoia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1970s | 106 | #2,860 |
| 1980s | 468 | #1,646 |
| 1990s | 960 | #1,439 |
| 2000s | 1,163 | #1,143 |
| 2010s | 732 | #2,056 |
| 2020s | 507 | #1,981 |
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Questions
- Is Sequoia a boy or girl name?
- Sequoia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 84% of babies named Sequoia were girls.
- How popular is the name Sequoia?
- 97 baby girls were named Sequoia in the US in 2025, making it the 1981st most popular girl name. Another 14 boys got the name (#6,140 for boys).
- When was Sequoia most popular?
- Sequoia peaked in 2002, when 181 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,143 in 2002.
- How many people are named Sequoia?
- 4,432 babies have been named Sequoia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,374 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Sequoia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sequoia was most common in Oregon, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.