Total births
113
Girls' name · since 2012
Seela
Seela has 113 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10949
- among girls today
- 113
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 38%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Seela is the #10949 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 113 recorded since 2012.
Seela has 113 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10949 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #10949 among girls today
- 113 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
- 38% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Seela is currently the #10949 girls' name in America, more common than 38% of girls - 113 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10949
- among girls today
- 113
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 38%
- more common than other girls
Seela vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#10949
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 38% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
56% of everyone ever named Seela was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
15 babies were named Seela in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Seela compares
113 26th 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
Seela's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Seela | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 113 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 48 | 19,840 |
Seela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Seela's full recorded timeline at 2019, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Seela at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#10,949
Active since
2012
Seela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Seela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Seela's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Seela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 63 births (56% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Seela? ▼
Seela has been given to 113 babies in the U.S. since 2012, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #10949 as of the latest data. 15 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Seela most popular? ▼
Seela was most popular in the 2020s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Seela been used? ▼
Seela has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 14 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Seela? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Seema, Seena, Seerat, See, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Seela
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645 births
Seerat Girl
#5120 439 births
See Girl
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Seeley Girl
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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, 2012–2025 (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. "Seela: #10949 Girls' Name - 113 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/seela. 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 Seela 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.