Seydou
Seydou is the Francophonic-orthography variant of the Arabic name Sa'id, commonly used in West Africa.
Meaning & Origin of Seydou
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Seydou is the Francophonic-orthography variant of the Arabic name Sa'id, commonly used in West Africa.
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The Story of Seydou
Seydou first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2000, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 10 births, good for #7,096 nationwide. About 49% of every Seydou on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Seydou last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 108 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Seydou
Seydou is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 108 births in the dataset. Seydou's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #7,096. Use the chart and map above to compare Seydou'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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