Serafina
- #1,022 for girls in 2025, 245 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 245 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,712since 1901
Serafina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Serafina has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,022 | 245 |
| 2024 | #1,223 | 192 |
| 2023 | #1,474 | 148 |
| 2022 | #1,350 | 173 |
| 2021 | #1,323 | 170 |
| 2020 | #1,373 | 158 |
| 2019 | #1,357 | 166 |
| 2018 | #1,937 | 102 |
| 2017 | #1,665 | 129 |
| 2016 | #1,757 | 118 |
| 2015 | #1,600 | 134 |
| 2014 | #1,757 | 118 |
| 2013 | #1,725 | 120 |
| 2012 | #1,929 | 102 |
| 2011 | #1,943 | 102 |
| 2010 | #2,296 | 83 |
| 2009 | #2,076 | 98 |
| 2008 | #2,630 | 70 |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 |
| 2001 | #3,316 | 41 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1901
The first year at least five girls were named Serafina! It came in at #1,227, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Serafina is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Jersey#263 · 1 in 1,145
- Connecticut#322 · 1 in 1,278
- New York#350 · 1 in 1,632
- Illinois#619 · 1 in 2,955
- Massachusetts#682 · 1 in 3,433
Best ever in a state: #238 in Connecticut, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #263 | 31 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Connecticut | #322 | 9 | 1 in 1,278 |
| New York | #350 | 48 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Illinois | #619 | 15 | 1 in 2,955 |
| Massachusetts | #682 | 7 | 1 in 3,433 |
| Washington | #811 | 7 | 1 in 4,123 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Florida | #1,055 | 14 | 1 in 6,197 |
| California | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,351 |
| Texas | #1,190 | 22 | 1 in 7,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Serafina
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 351 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #1,022)
Rise & fade · girls
124 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 2025 at #1,022 (245 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,560
- Highest: 1 in 6,560 girls born in 2025 were named Serafina (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 31.6% of all girls named Serafina (1,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 33 | #1,227 (1901) | #1,586 |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,670 (1913) | #2,221 |
| 1920s | 196 | #1,409 (1924) | #2,061 |
| 1930s | 91 | #2,306 (1930) | #3,079 |
| 1940s | 73 | #2,537 (1942) | #3,697 |
| 1950s | 40 | #2,869 (1959) | #3,973 |
| 1960s | 89 | #3,782 (1962) | #4,774 |
| 1970s | 87 | #5,214 (1978) | #6,214 |
| 1980s | 88 | #5,544 (1980) | #6,907 |
| 1990s | 175 | #3,718 (1999) | #5,926 |
| 2000s | 469 | #2,076 (2009) | #3,532 |
| 2010s | 1,174 | #1,357 (2019) | #1,797 |
| 2020s | 1,086 | #1,022 (2025) | #1,294 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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