girls:
3.2k births since 1916
#3047 (47th percentile)
overall:
3.2k births since 1916
#4792 (38th percentile)
The name Seraphina is the #4,792 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,236 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 38.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,047 (46.7% percentile) for all time with 3,236 births since 1916.
Seraphina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (first recorded for girls in 1916). Birth data for Seraphina is available in 38 out of the 108 years between 1916 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, Seraphina reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 27.0% percentile (ranked #692) with 151 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 151 births per million (ranked 27.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Seraphina is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #692 (27.0% percentile) with 151 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Seraphina".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Seraphina", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Serafina" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Serafina..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Seraphina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Seraphina is pronounced as seh-ruh-FEE-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEH-ruh-FEE-nuh, at 33.3% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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