Girls' name · since 2000

Saraphina

Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 224 babies named Saraphina, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#18,679 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,470 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
224
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Saraphina is the #6470 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 224 recorded since 2000.

Social Security Administration records show Saraphina recorded 224 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #6470 nationally today, ahead of 63% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.

  • #18,679 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,470 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 224 born since 2000
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saraphina ranks #18,679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,470 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 224 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.

#18,679 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,470 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
224
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%62.5%
Saraphina vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Saraphina's 224 recorded births place it above 74.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Saraphina compares

224 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Saraphina's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Saraphina Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 224 376 567,345
Peak-year births 18 21 19,840

Saraphina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Saraphina's full recorded timeline at 2015, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Saraphina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2013)
18
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
05101520 20002008201120142017202020232025 18

Saraphina by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (108 births, 48% of the file).

2010s was Saraphina's strongest decade.

108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.

Saraphina births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 108 births (48% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Saraphina?
Since 2000, Social Security records show 224 babies named Saraphina. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #18,679 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #6,470 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2013, with 18 births.
Where does Saraphina sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saraphina ranks #18,679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,470 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Saraphina most popular?
Saraphina was most popular in the 2010s decade with 108 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Saraphina been used?
Records for Saraphina go back to 2000, giving 26 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Saraphina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sarah, Sara, Sarai, Sarina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Saraphina's data

  • Saraphina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (108 total births) through the 2020s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Saraphina

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Saraphina

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Saraphina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2000–2025 (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 Saraphina 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.