Unisex name · since 1996
Seraphim
Seraphim has 224 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,459 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
224 babies have been named Seraphim since 1996, making it today's #10459 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Seraphim recorded 224 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #10459 nationally today, ahead of 40% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #18,680 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,459 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 224 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seraphim ranks #18,680 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,459 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 224 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,459 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Seraphim's 224 recorded births place it above 74.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Seraphim compares
224 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Seraphim's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Seraphim | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 224 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Seraphim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Seraphim's full recorded timeline at 2012, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Seraphim popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Seraphim popularity over time - boys
115 total births recorded since 1923 (Seraphim as boys' name)
Seraphim by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (93 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Seraphim's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Seraphim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Seraphim's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- 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 Seraphim: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Seraphim 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.