Sena
Sena is given to both girls and boys: 51 girls and 11 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,162 among girls’ names and #7,589 among boys’, #4,887 among all names counting both); 3,326 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,160 Americans named Sena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 10 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sena mean?
Wiktionary, Turkish section
Sena is “a female given name from Arabic” Its etymology gives the sense “praise” (sena).
From sena (“praise”).
/seˈnaː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Turkish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sena?
#3,162 among girls’ names, 2025
Sena rose from #3,426 in 2015 to #3,162 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 26.3 to 31.7 per million.
72 babies in 2023, the peak
Sena peaked in 2023, when 72 babies were given it (62 girls, #2,782 among girls’ names). The 62 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 86% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #3,162 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,113 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,782 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,117 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,924 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,593 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,957 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,900 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,471 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,459 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | #3,426 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,410 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,290 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,411 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,771 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,169 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,260 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,857 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,674 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,249 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,681 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,552 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,640 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,154 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,297 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,119 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 22 | #5,000 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,923 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,971 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,159 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,811 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,998 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,184 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,239 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,513 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,389 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,345 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #5,013 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #5,028 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,402 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,311 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,685 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,650 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,491 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,412 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,274 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,753 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,738 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,463 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,546 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,944 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,184 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,760 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,678 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,042 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,689 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,432 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,740 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,768 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,730 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 18 | #3,029 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,893 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,939 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,141 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,733 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,328 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,786 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,947 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,456 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,029 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,542 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,771 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,243 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,777 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,752 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,390 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,829 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,575 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,433 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,720 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,096 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,111 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,450 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,191 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,896 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,393 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,393 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,796 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,183 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,667 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,410 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,522 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,224 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,730 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 10 | #3,022 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,407 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,329 | under 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,834 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 11 | #3,020 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,108 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,124 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,503 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,613 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,913 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,680 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,765 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,036 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,139 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,531 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,259 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,203 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 18 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 22 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 18 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 16 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 13 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 21 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 28 | #686 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 13 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 22 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 13 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 18 | #786 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 22 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 26 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 24 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 31 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 20 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 29 | #489 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 15 | #682 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 31 | #450 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 18 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 16 | #569 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 18 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 26 | #396 | 0.20 |
| 1883 | 18 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 19 | #429 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 11 | #534 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 10 | #575 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,326 Americans recorded as Sena, 94% are girls and 6% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sena, and how old are they?
2,160 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 3,326 Americans ever recorded as Sena. The median Sena alive today is 22 years old; half are between 10 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 2,361 people named Sena (2,116 women and girls, 245 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,901 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 61 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 219 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 288 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 294 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 584 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 713 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sena born?
The states with the most babies named Sena are California, New York and Florida, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | #1,729 | 0.5× |
| New York | 7 | #1,803 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 5 | #2,433 | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sena with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 11,870 babies since 1880, Sena is the most given (28% of them). In 2025 it was given to 62 of their 241 babies (26%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sena
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sena and names like it
- Compare Sena and SeannaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sSena peaked in 2023.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sena since 1910.
- Arabic namesWiktionary’s origin for Sena: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Sena.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Sena alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with SMost given first.