Girls' name · since 2017

Sedna

Sedna has 21 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#17101
among girls today
21
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade
4%
more common than other girls

Sedna currently ranks #17101 among girls' names in America, with 21 babies recorded since 2017.

Social Security Administration records show Sedna recorded 21 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #17101 nationally today, ahead of 4% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.

  • #17101 among girls today
  • 21 born since 2017
  • 2020s peak decade
  • 4% more common than other girls

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

Sedna is currently the #17101 girls' name in America, more common than 4% of girls - 21 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.

#17101
among girls today
21
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade
4%
more common than other girls

Sedna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings

0%100%Median name50%3.5%
Sedna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#17101
of 17,726 girls in use

More common than 4% of names given to girls today.

2020s
Peak decade

76% of everyone ever named Sedna was born in this single decade.

2025
Single peak year

6 babies were named Sedna in 2025 - its busiest year on record.

How Sedna compares

21 7th percentile among 17,726 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

Sedna's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Sedna Median girls name (Emerly) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 21 382 567,345
Peak-year births 6 48 19,840

Sedna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Sedna's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Sedna at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

21

Since 2017

9 years of records

Peak year

2025

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

#17,101

Among girls

As of 2025

Active since

2017

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2025

Sedna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
6
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4.555.566.5 2017202320242025 6

Sedna by decade

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

2020s was Sedna's strongest decade.

16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.

Sedna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sedna?
21 babies have been named Sedna since 2017. It currently ranks #17101 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 6 births.
When was Sedna most popular?
Sedna was most popular in the 2020s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Sedna been used?
Sedna has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 9 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Sedna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sedona, Sedonia, Sedra, Sedalia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of June 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, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Sedna: #17101 Girls' Name - 21 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/sedna. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Sedna 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 June 2026.