Seraphine
- #2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births
- Last seen for boys in 1919 at #4,168
- Given to girls 98.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 751since 1892
Seraphine over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Seraphine 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,957 | 56 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
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| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
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| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Seraphine! It came in at #1,171, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Seraphine 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
- North Carolina#1,437 · 1 in 9,297
- Texas#1,902 · 1 in 14,595
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #658 in New York, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 682 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #2,957)
- 1,401 spots since 2020 (#4,358 → #2,957)
- 2,331 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #2,957)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1892 at #1,171 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
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 28,701
- Highest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 were named Seraphine (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,171 in 1892, was only 1 in 30,334 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.0% of all girls named Seraphine (248) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,171 (1892) | #1,328 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,821 (1907) | #1,876 |
| 1910s | 61 | #2,428 (1917) | #3,031 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,731 (1920) | #3,717 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,742 (1935) | #3,822 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 15 | #8,805 (1999) | #11,464 |
| 2000s | 82 | #7,868 (2006) | #11,710 |
| 2010s | 248 | #3,777 (2016) | #5,494 |
| 2020s | 247 | #2,957 (2025) | #3,733 |
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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