girl's name

Seraphina

  • Origin Hebrew
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 5,000

the United States

#600

2025 births

Seraphina is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 489 babies in the United States, ranking #600. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Seraphina is a name of Hebrew origin.
  • Peaked in 2025, when 489 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 6,780 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1916.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Seraphina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,864
'10 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Seraphina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 6
1980s 29
1990s 79
2000s 342
2010s 1,864
2020s (to 2025) 1,773

How popular is Seraphina?

In 2025, Seraphina was given to 489 babies in the United States, ranking #600 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Seraphina is used

United States #600 489 in 2025
England & Wales #635 61 in 2025
Canada #1,435 17 in 2024
France #6,808 5 in 2021

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 Seraphina is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Séraphina Séraphina is a rare spelling of Seraphina, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Seraphina

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

Parents who like Seraphina also like

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

Seraphina 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
Serafina
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Seraphine Saraphina Seraphima

Sibling names for Seraphina

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

Common questions about Seraphina

How popular is the name Seraphina?

In 2025, Seraphina was given to 489 babies in the United States, ranking #600 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

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

Seraphina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Seraphina?

Seraphina has 4 syllables.

When was Seraphina most popular?

Seraphina peaked in 2025, when 489 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Seraphina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Seraphina currently ranks #600 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.