Sirenia — girls' name
99 babies named Sirenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
99 girls have been named Sirenia since 1976, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 99
- total births
- 1976–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Sirenia was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sirenia in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sirenia
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Sirenia between 1976 and 2008, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sirenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sirenia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sirenia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sirenia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sirenia 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 99 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.
Sirenia at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sirenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1976
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
99 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 10 births in a single year.
Sirenia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 55 births that decade — 56% of Sirenia's all-time total
Sirenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sirenia's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Sirenia by state
Where Sirenia concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 12.1% |
12 of 99 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.1% 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, 1976–2008 (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.