Seraphim — #10624 US unisex name
215 babies named Seraphim in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Seraphim was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Seraphim in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seraphim
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Seraphim between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seraphim currently holds the #10624 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Seraphim is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 105 additional births since 1923.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seraphim performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Seraphim shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seraphim 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 215 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.
Seraphim at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Seraphim popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #10624 among girls.
215 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 16 births in a single year.
Seraphim popularity over time — boys
105 total births recorded since 1923 (Seraphim as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Seraphim accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Seraphim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 93 births that decade — 43% of Seraphim's all-time total
Seraphim decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Seraphim's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1996–2024 (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.