Serafima — #16799 US girls' name
18 babies named Serafima in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
Serafima is currently the #16799 girls' name in America, more common than 5% of girls — 18 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16799
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 5%
- more common than other girls
More common than 5% of names given to girls today.
72% of everyone ever named Serafima was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Serafima in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Serafima
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Serafima between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Serafima currently holds the #16799 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Serafima performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Serafima shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Serafima 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 18 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.
Serafima at a glance
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Current rank
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Serafima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #16799 among girls.
18 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 8 births in a single year.
Serafima by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 13 births that decade — 72% of Serafima's all-time total
Serafima decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Serafima's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% 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, 2010–2024 (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.