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In the United States 0 2 4 6 8 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1914 per million babies of that sex 44 babies given this name since 1914 At its height in 1914, about 1 in 152,300 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Xavier Boy From the Basque place name Etxeberri 'new house', the birthplace of St Francis Xavier. Renaissance · peak 2007 Sophronia Girl From Greek sōphrōn 'self-controlled, prudent'. Early Medieval · peak 1881 · forgotten Severus Boy Latin severus 'stern, serious, strict'. Rome · forgotten Severina Girl Feminine of Severinus, from Severus 'stern, serious'. Rome · forgotten Sverre Boy From Old Norse Sverrir, of uncertain origin, perhaps from a verb meaning 'to swing, whirl'. Middle Ages Severinus Boy Derived from Severus 'stern, serious'. Rome Zéphirin Boy From Latin Zephyrinus, from Greek zephyros 'the west wind'. Victorian · forgotten Zavier Boy Popular now peak 2010 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.