Seattle comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning City on the Sound..
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How popular is Seattle?
1997peak year
Seattle first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1994. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1997, 11 babies received the name (ranked #8227). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #15277), with roughly 6 babies named Seattle each year. Seattle has been declining in recent years. In total, around 132 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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