Sedona

girls:

2.1k births since 1987

#3722 (35th percentile)

overall:

2.1k births since 1987

#5657 (27th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Sedona is the #5,657 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,130 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 26.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,722 (34.9% percentile) for all time with 2,130 births since 1987.

Sedona first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for girls in 1987). Birth data for Sedona is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Sedona reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #834) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 72 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sedona ranks #834 for girls (11.9% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 93.8% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sedona".

1987 2023 19872023

Key Statistics

Total Births
2,130
Peak Births
129
Peak Year
2022
First Recorded
1987
Peak Percentile
13.0%
Current Percentile
11.9%
Peak Rank
#834
Current Rank
#834
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Sedona

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Sedona. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 55.0% confident that Sedona is pronounced as suh-DOH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sih-DOH-nuh, at 30.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.

suh-DOH-nuh (3 syllables)
Verified
55.0% confidence
S AH0 D OW1 N AH0
sih-DOH-nuh (3 syllables)
30.0% confidence
S IH0 D OW1 N AH0
see-DOH-nuh (3 syllables)
10.0% confidence
S IY0 D OW1 N AH0
seh-DOH-nuh (3 syllables)
5.0% confidence
S EH0 D OW1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S AH0 D OW1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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