Girls' name · since 1892
Seraphine
Seraphine has 751 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,962 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 751
- born since 1892
- 2010s
- peak decade
751 babies have been named Seraphine since 1892, making it today's #2962 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Seraphine recorded 751 times among girls since 1892, holding rank #2962 nationally today, ahead of 83% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #9,118 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,962 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 751 born since 1892
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seraphine ranks #9,118 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,962 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 751 born since 1892, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,962 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 751
- born since 1892
- 2010s
- peak decade
Seraphine's 751 recorded births place it above 87.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Seraphine compares
751 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Seraphine's all-time total is 100% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Seraphine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 751 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 21 | 19,840 |
Seraphine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Seraphine splits its recorded history at 2001: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1894 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 56 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Seraphine popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Seraphine popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1918 (Seraphine as boys' name)
Seraphine by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (248 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Seraphine's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Seraphine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 12
1890s
12 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s 61
1910s
61 births
- 1920s 63
1920s
63 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 82
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
248 births
- 2020s
2020s
247 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 248 births (33% of all-time use).
How Seraphine compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Seraphine's total volume
Seraphine by state
Where Seraphine concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 3.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 15 | 2.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
54 of 751 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Seraphine's data
- Seraphine's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (248 total births) through the 2020s (247) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Seraphines (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Seraphine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1892–2025 (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 Seraphine 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.