Seraphina

#599 for girls in 2025, 489 births

Peak · girls
2025 · 489 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,093
since 1916

Seraphina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Seraphina has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#599489
2024#775363
2023#967267
2022#1,034247
2021#1,081231
2020#1,271176
2019#1,000258
2018#1,099225
2017#1,197204
2016#1,179212
2015#1,215204
2014#1,341175
2013#1,338174
2012#1,491151
2011#1,463153
2010#1,873108
2009#2,22788
2008#3,31650
2007#4,80830
2006#4,46332
2005#4,37331
2004#4,17233
2003#6,57617
2002#4,38128
2001#6,32217
2000#6,48716
1999#6,48415
1998#10,1228
1997#8,33410
1996#7,57411
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1994#7,09712
1993#13,4425
1992#11,7386
1991#10,2717
1990#12,9585
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1988#10,3866
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1984#10,4225
1983#7,3128
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Seraphina! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Seraphina is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedNHWashington: #702 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,308 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,201 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,368 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedWIMichigan: #700 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,625 girlsMINew York: #867 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,717 girlsNYMassachusetts: #752 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,119 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedRIOregon: #631 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,772 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedIAIndiana: #814 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,117 girlsINOhio: #1,036 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,320 girlsOHPennsylvania: #808 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,535 girlsPANew Jersey: #658 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,192 girlsNJConnecticut: #517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,323 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,059 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 6,836 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedWVVirginia: #861 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,411 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,045 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,724 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedNMKansas: #581 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,371 girlsKSArkansas: #422 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,542 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #759 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,539 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #504 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,927 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,309 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,728 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Seraphina, so not publishedHITexas: #1,315 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,809 girlsTXFlorida: #965 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,639 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#422 · 1 in 1,542
  2. Oklahoma#504 · 1 in 1,927
  3. Connecticut#517 · 1 in 2,323
  4. Kansas#581 · 1 in 2,371
  5. Oregon#631 · 1 in 2,772

Best ever in a state: #273 in West Virginia, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#42271 in 1,542
Oklahoma#50481 in 1,927
Connecticut#51751 in 2,323
Kansas#58151 in 2,371
Oregon#63151 in 2,772
New Jersey#658111 in 3,192
Michigan#700111 in 3,625
Washington#70291 in 3,308
Massachusetts#75261 in 4,119
South Carolina#75951 in 3,539
Pennsylvania#808111 in 4,535
Indiana#81471 in 4,117
Virginia#86181 in 4,411
New York#867181 in 4,717
Florida#965151 in 5,639
Ohio#1,03681 in 6,320
Arizona#1,04551 in 5,724
California#1,059271 in 6,836
Illinois#1,20171 in 7,368
Georgia#1,30961 in 7,728
Texas#1,315181 in 8,809
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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 Seraphina
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 176 spots since 2024 (#775 → #599)
  • 672 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #599)
  • 616 spots since 2015 (#1,215 → #599)
  • Biggest jump: 192 spots in 2024 (#967 → #775)
  • Biggest drop: 271 spots in 2020 (#1,000 → #1,271)
Rise & fade · girls
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2025 at #599 (489 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2023–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,287
  • Highest: 1 in 3,287 girls born in 2025 were named Seraphina (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 45.5% of all girls named Seraphina (1,864) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,919 (1916)#3,919
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1980s29#6,323 (1981)#8,611
1990s79#6,484 (1999)#9,780
2000s342#2,227 (2009)#4,713
2010s1,864#1,000 (2019)#1,320
2020s1,773#599 (2025)#955

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.

Seraphina in 2019

girls
#1,000
258 births · 1 in 6,505 girls

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #1,000Seraphina258
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 6,505 of them was named Seraphina, which outranked 94.5% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Seraphina
  1. #997Dixie259
  2. #997Hadleigh259
  3. #997Kaiya259
  4. #1,000Seraphina258
  5. #1,000Ariadne258
  6. #1,000Libby258
  7. #1,000Marisol258
  8. #1,004Adrienne257
  9. #1,004Naya257
  10. #1,004Tara257

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →