Seraphina — #777 US girls' name
3,602 babies named Seraphina in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Seraphina was born in this single decade.
362 babies were named Seraphina in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seraphina
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,602 babies named Seraphina between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seraphina currently holds the #777 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 362 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seraphina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,864 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Seraphina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 400 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Seraphina in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seraphina 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 3,602 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.
Seraphina at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Seraphina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (2024)
- 362
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #777 among girls.
3,602 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 362 births in a single year.
Seraphina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,864 births that decade — 52% of Seraphina's all-time total
Seraphina decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,864 births
- Runner-up 1,282 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Seraphina's strongest decade
1,864 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Seraphina by state
Where Seraphina concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 400 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 260 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 244 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 213 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 164 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 98 | 2.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 93 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Washington | | 88 | 2.4% |
400 of 3,602 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- Florida 5.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Seraphina appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1916–2024 (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.