Boys' name · since 2001
Senan
142 babies named Senan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,143 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,033 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
142 babies have been named Senan since 2001, making it today's #7033 boys' name.
Senan has 142 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7033 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #15,143 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,033 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Senan ranks #15,143 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,033 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 142 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,143 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,033 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Senan's 142 recorded births place it above 66.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Senan compares
142 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Senan's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Senan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Senan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Senan's full recorded timeline at 2016, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Senan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Senan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Senan's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Senan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Senan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Senan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Senan 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 August 2026.