Senecca — boys' name
27 babies named Senecca in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
27 boys have been named Senecca since 1976, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1980.
- 27
- total births
- 1976–1980
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Senecca was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Senecca in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Senecca
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Senecca between 1976 and 1980, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Senecca currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Senecca performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Senecca shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Senecca 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 27 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.
Senecca at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Senecca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1976
- Peak year (1980)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
27 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 9 births in a single year.
Senecca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 18 births that decade — 67% of Senecca's all-time total
Senecca decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Senecca's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–1980 (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.