boy's name

Seanan

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 113

Northern Ireland

#514

2021 births

Seanan is a boy's name. In 2003 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2019, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 1998.

Seanan over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2019, not a full ten years.

31
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Seanan by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1990s 5
2000s 27
2010s 31
2020s (to 2019) 6

How popular is Seanan?

In 2019, Seanan was given to 4 babies in Ireland, ranking #747 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Seanan is used

Northern Ireland #514 3 in 2021
Ireland as Seanán #863 3 in 2025
United States #6,184 12 in 2003

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.

Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.

How Seanan is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Seanán Seanán is a rare spelling of Seanan, written with a fada and recorded 12 times, mostly in Ireland. 12

Names that peaked alongside Seanan

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

Parents who like Seanan also like

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

Sibling names for Seanan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Seanan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Seanan

How popular is the name Seanan?

In 2019, Seanan was given to 4 babies in Ireland, ranking #747 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Seanan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Seanan most popular?

Seanan peaked in 2019, when 10 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Seanan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Seanan currently ranks #863 in Ireland. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.