# Seraphina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/seraphina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,093 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,093 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 589, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim. By surface analysis, Seraphin + -a.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 153 | 1,466 |
| 2012 | 151 | 1,496 |
| 2013 | 174 | 1,345 |
| 2014 | 175 | 1,343 |
| 2015 | 204 | 1,217 |
| 2016 | 212 | 1,183 |
| 2017 | 204 | 1,197 |
| 2018 | 225 | 1,100 |
| 2019 | 258 | 1,003 |
| 2020 | 176 | 1,275 |
| 2021 | 231 | 1,085 |
| 2022 | 247 | 1,038 |
| 2023 | 267 | 970 |
| 2024 | 363 | 779 |
| 2025 | 489 | 600 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 32 | 1,075 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,341 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,211 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 38 | 936 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2022 | 33 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 35 | 981 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 61 | 634 |

## In other languages

- Finnish: Serafiina
- French: Séraphine
- German: Seraphina
- Italian: Serafina
- Portuguese: Serafina
- Russian: Серафи́ма
- Spanish: Serafina

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.