Sequoyah
Sequoyah, also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.
- Cherokee
Meaning & Origin of Sequoyah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sequoyah, also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Cherokee
The Story of Sequoyah
As a girl name
American parents first put Sequoyah on the record books as a girl name in 1977, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 23 Sequoyahs were born — ranking #4,508 that year. About 37% of every Sequoyah on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sequoyah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 470 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Sequoyah on the record books as a boy name in 1919, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 15 Sequoyahs were born — ranking #4,537 that year. About 35% of every Sequoyah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sequoyah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 201 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sequoyah
Sequoyah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 470 births in the dataset. Sequoyah's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #4,508. Use the chart and map above to compare Sequoyah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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