boy's name

Seraphin

  • Origin French
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,506

Seraphin is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Seraphin is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in France in 1906, when 85 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1900.

Seraphin over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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Births named Seraphin by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 700
1910s 535
1920s 580
1930s 270
1940s 115
1950s 115
1960s 105
1970s 65
1980s 60
1990s 165
2000s 310
2010s (to 2018) 285
2020s (to 2018) 170

How popular is Seraphin?

In 2018, Seraphin was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Seraphin is used

France as Séraphin #1,317 25 in 2025
United States #12,616 5 in 2025

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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Seraphin is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Séraphin Séraphin is Seraphin written with an acute accent in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,317 in France, against #5,989 for Seraphin. 450

Names that peaked alongside Seraphin

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

Parents who like Seraphin also like

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

Seraphin 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.

Polish
Serafin
Russian
Seraphim
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Seraph

Sibling names for Seraphin

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

Common questions about Seraphin

How popular is the name Seraphin?

In 2018, Seraphin was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

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

Seraphin is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Seraphin most popular?

Seraphin peaked in 1906, when 85 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Seraphin a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Seraphin currently ranks #1,317 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.