Sena — #3073 US unisex name
3,070 babies named Sena in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
15% of everyone ever named Sena was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Sena in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sena
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,070 babies named Sena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sena currently holds the #3073 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 62 babies received it in a single year. Sena is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 194 additional births since 1984.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sena in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sena 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 3,070 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.
Sena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sena popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2023)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #3073 among girls.
3,070 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 62 births in a single year.
Sena popularity over time — boys
194 total births recorded since 1984 (Sena as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sena accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 450 births that decade — 15% of Sena's all-time total
Sena decade highlights
- Peak decade 450 births
- Runner-up 309 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sena's strongest decade
450 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Sena by state
Where Sena concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 133 | 4.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 57 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 30 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 18 | 0.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 15 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.2% |
133 of 3,070 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1880–2024 (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.