Seana — #12306 US girls' name
1,905 babies named Seana in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Seana was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Seana in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seana
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,905 babies named Seana between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seana currently holds the #12306 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 62 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 428 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Seana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 254 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Seana in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seana 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 1,905 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.
Seana at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (1969)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #12306 among girls.
1,905 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 62 births in a single year.
Seana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 428 births that decade — 22% of Seana's all-time total
Seana decade highlights
- Peak decade 428 births
- Runner-up 382 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Seana's strongest decade
428 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Seana by state
Where Seana concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 254 | 13.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 62 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 21 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.3% |
254 of 1,905 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.3% of nationwide
- New York 3.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Seana appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1955–2024 (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.