girls:
1.7k births since 1956
#4056 (29th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1975
#2991 (35th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1956
#4673 (40th percentile)
The name Seneca is the #4,673 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,426 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 39.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,991 (34.7% percentile) for all time with 1,719 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #4,056 (29.0% percentile) for all time with 1,707 births since 1956.
Seneca first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Seneca is available in 59 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (59 years for girls and 49 years for boys). 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.
The name Seneca is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 61.9% of babies named Seneca were girls.
For boys, Seneca reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 25.3% percentile (ranked #504) with 105 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 105 births per million (ranked 25.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Seneca ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 8.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Seneca reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #739) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Seneca ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 51.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Seneca".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Seneca. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.2% confident that Seneca is pronounced as SEH-nih-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEH-nuh-kuh, at 37.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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