Sedonia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sedonia

The Social Security Administration has registered 571 babies named Sedonia between 1883 and 2002, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sedonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sedonia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sedonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 188 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sedonia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sedonia 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 571 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.