Seri — #9629 US girls' name
188 babies named Seri in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Seri was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Seri in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seri
The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Seri between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seri currently holds the #9629 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seri performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Seri shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Seri in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seri 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 188 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.
Seri at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #9629 among girls.
188 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 11 births in a single year.
Seri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 52 births that decade — 28% of Seri's all-time total
Seri decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Seri's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Seri by state
Where Seri concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 188 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1949–2024 (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.