At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2020 (#15,088)
- Babies in 2020
- 5 (<0.01% of girls)
- Peak
- #4,426 in 1925
- First recorded
- 1918
Meaning of Seba
Seba is a name that pirouettes from the coral balconies of Andalusia to sunlit suburban porches in America, pronounced warm and lilting in Spanish as seh-BAH and soft in English as SEH-buh. Rooted in the Latinized Sebastianus and kissed by the Greek word sebastos, meaning “venerable,” Seba evokes both ancient amphoras on dusty caravan routes and the biblical land of Seba, where stories were traded like precious spices at dawn. Imagine a little Seba with a ribbon in her hair, her laughter sparkling like sunlight on terracotta rooftops—though a rare treasure in the US, with only five newborns in 2020 (ranking around 951), she carries a singular charm and an heirloom spirit, ready to chase butterflies and teach the neighborhood how to pronounce her name just right.
How to pronounce Seba
English
- Pronounced SEH-buh /ˈsɛbə/
Spanish
- Pronounced SEH-bah /ˈseβa/
Popularity of Seba in the U.S.
Seba was last recorded in the U.S. in 2020, ranked #15,088 with 5 babies. It peaked at #4,426 in 1925. It first appears in the records in 1918.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1918–2020 12 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 15,088 | back (not recorded in 2019) |
| 2018 | 6 | 13,793 | ▼ 5,017 |
| 2017 | 12 | 8,776 | ▲ 4,100 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12,876 | ▼ 3,945 |
| 2015 | 12 | 8,931 | ▼ 2,938 |
| 2014 | 21 | 5,993 | ▲ 736 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,729 | ▲ 3,700 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,429 | back (not recorded in 2011) |
| 2010 | 5 | 16,992 | back (not recorded in 1928–2009) |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,805 | back (not recorded in 1926) |
| 1925 | 6 | 4,426 | back (not recorded in 1919–1924) |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,809 | new |
Notable people named Seba
- Seba Smith was an American humorist and writer, husband of author Elizabeth Oakes Smith and father of Appleton Oaksmith.