girl's name

Seana

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 2,298

Seana is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published figures for the United States.

  • Peaked in 1969, when 62 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1955.

Seana Over Time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, which so far covers 2020 to 2025.

428
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Seana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 34
1960s 322
1970s 428
1980s 382
1990s 368
2000s 229
2010s 105
2020s (to 2025) 37

How Popular Is Seana?

In 2024, Seana was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published figures for the United States.

Where Seana Is Used

Northern Ireland #546 3 in 2017
Scotland #612 4 in 2000
Ireland as Seána #949 3 in 2022
Canada #4,011 5 in 2018
England & Wales #7,319 3 in 2016
United States #13,209 7 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Seana Is Spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Seána Seána is a rare spelling of Seana, written with a fada and recorded 16 times, mostly in Ireland. 16

Names That Peaked Alongside Seana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents Who Like Seana Also Like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Seana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Seana in Other Languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Seána

Sibling Names for Seana

Names from the same era that do not rhyme or share an initial with Seana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common Questions About Seana

How popular is the name Seana?

In 2024, Seana was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published figures for the United States.

Is Seana a girl's or a boy's name?

Seana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Seana most popular?

Seana peaked in 1969, when 62 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.