Girls' name · since 1938
Senobia
11 babies named Senobia in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #54,074 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1938
- 1970s
- peak decade
Senobia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1938.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Senobia has been recorded 11 times among girls since 1938, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1978.
- #54,074 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1938
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Senobia ranks #54,074 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1938, peaking in the 1970s.
- #54,074 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1938
- 1970s
- peak decade
Senobia's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Senobia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Senobia's full recorded timeline at 1978, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Senobia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Senobia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1970s was Senobia's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Senobia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Senobia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~40 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, 1938–1978 (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 Senobia 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.