Girls' name · since 1998
Ceana
Ceana has 294 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 294
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ceana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 294 have been recorded since 1998.
Ceana has 294 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2020.
- #16,067 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 294 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ceana ranks #16,067 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 294 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 294
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ceana's 294 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Ceana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ceana's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ceana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2020
- Peak year (2002)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Ceana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (170 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Ceana's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Ceana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
170 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 170 births (58% of all-time use).
Ceana by state
Where Ceana concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 294 births nationwide.
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- Ceana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (170 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ceanas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ceana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ceana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.