girls:
35.1k births since 1960
#737 (87th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2008
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
35.1k births since 1960
#1338 (83rd percentile)
The name Sienna is the #1,338 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35,095 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 82.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #737 (87.1% percentile) for all time with 35,085 births since 1960. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2008.
Sienna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (1960 for girls and 2008 for boys). Birth data for Sienna is available in 54 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023 (54 years for girls and 2 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 Sienna has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Sienna reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 86.1% percentile (ranked #134) with 1,176 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 1,176 births per million (ranked 86.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sienna is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #137 (85.6% percentile) with 1,137 births per million.
For boys, Sienna reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #881) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sienna".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sienna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.6% confident that Sienna is pronounced as see-EH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-eh-nuh, at 19.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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