Seraphin — boys' name
26 babies named Seraphin in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 boys have been named Seraphin since 1916, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 2025.
- 26
- total births
- 1916–2025
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Seraphin was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Seraphin in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seraphin
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Seraphin between 1916 and 2025, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seraphin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Seraphin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seraphin performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Seraphin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seraphin 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 26 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.
Seraphin at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seraphin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1916
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
26 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 6 births in a single year.
Seraphin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Seraphin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Seraphin accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Seraphin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 11 births that decade — 42% of Seraphin's all-time total
Seraphin decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Seraphin's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1916–2025 (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.