Seanna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Seanna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Seanna: Recorded since 1995, it reached #227 in 1999, and it stood at #3,533 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#227highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2001	#2783
2003	#3594
2005	#2247
2006	#2320
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2009	#3031
2010	#1731
2011	#2432
2012	#2521
2013	#3536
2014	#2464
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#3583
2018	#4684
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2022	#3533

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2011: #798 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2432 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1995–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2002
Highest recorded position: #227 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2002).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3533 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Seanna appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 22 ranked years and 139 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1995.

Seanna across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Seanna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1731 (2010)	#3533 (2022)	22 of 27	139 (1996–2022)	16 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1995)	#496 (1997)	#798 (2011)	5 of 17	18 (1995–2011)	4 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#328 (2008)	#328 (2008)	#374 (2021)	2 of 14	8 (2008–2021)	4 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#227 (1999)	#339 (2002)	3 of 6	15 (1997–2002)	6 (1997)

Seanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Seanna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000s	43	7 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	75	10 of 10	8
2020s	12	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Seanna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1995 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #227 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Seanna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1995 and 2022, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #227, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Seanan · #272, 16y
Seanie · #305, 14y
Seb · #404, 24y
Sebastian · #6, 58y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aleesha · #227, 29y
Chelsie · #227, 27y
Meaghan · #227, 25y
Ralphie · #226, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aleesha · #227, 29y
Chelsie · #227, 27y
Joni · #227, 30y
Korben · #227, 24y

Seanna was ranked #227 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Seanna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Seanna without appearing here.

Seanna moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #5707.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3031 and #5556.
Geraldine Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #4684.
Cecilie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3447 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Seanna

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2464 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2070.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2464 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2247 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3667 and #1741.

Moved the opposite way to Seanna

Eabha Compare
Between 2006 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Seanna went from #2320 to #3533 while Eabha went from #5061 to #1180.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1995 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #227 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Seanna

Seanna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Seanna across 4 official records

Seanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Seanna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Seanna

Seanna and the names beside it

Seanna moved ahead of

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Seanna at a glance

Seanna across 4 official records

Seanna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Seanna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Seanna

Seanna and the names beside it

Seanna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Seanna

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