Recorded 1998–2020 Girls' name Peak 2002 294 births

Ceana — girls' name

294 babies named Ceana in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s152000s1702010s1042020s5
2000s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Ceana was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

26 babies were named Ceana in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ceana

The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Ceana between 1998 and 2020, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ceana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ceana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ceana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ceana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ceana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 294 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Ceana at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

294

Since 1998

23 years of records

Peak year

2002

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1998

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2020

Ceana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1998

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2002)
26
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
051015202530 20202015201220092006200320001998 7

Ceana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
170 births that decade — 58% of Ceana's all-time total
1990s152000s1702010s1042020s5

Ceana by state

Where Ceana concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ceana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 2.0%
California share of Ceana's total US births 2.0%

6 of 294 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ceana?
294 babies have been named Ceana since 1998. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2002 with 26 births.
When was Ceana most popular?
Ceana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 170 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Ceana most popular?
The top states for the name Ceana are California (6 births).
How long has the name Ceana been used?
Ceana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 23 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Ceana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ceara, Ceanna, Ceaira, Cearra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.