Seana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Seana: Recorded since 1971, it reached #162 in 2002, and it was last ranked in 2017.

3registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#162highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#1805
2000	#1594
2001	#2466
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2009	#4564
2011	#5785
2015	#4736
2016	#5785

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 45 years from 1971 to 2015.

In 2015: #581 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4736 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2017
Highest recorded position: #162 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2017).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #432 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2017.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Seana appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 141 births with the name.

Seana across 3 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.

Seana'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#295 (1996)	#581 (2015)	27 of 45	141 (1971–2015)	10 (1990)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1594 (2000)	#5785 (2016)	15 of 21	86 (1996–2016)	11 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#162 (2002)	#432 (2017)	15 of 21	88 (1997–2017)	10 (1998)

Seana by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Seana in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	15	4 of 10	4
1980s	13	4 of 10	3
1990sbusiest	54	7 of 10	8
2000s	43	8 of 10	5
2010s	16	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Seana 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 1971 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #162 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Seana'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
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#162	10	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#174	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#181	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#174	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	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 1971 and 2017, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #162, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 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.

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Seanan · #272, 16y
Seanie · #305, 14y

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.

Aleena · #162, 30y
Zoya · #162, 29y
Jaden · #164, 30y
Elli · #165, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Eadaoin · #165, 52y
Kajsa · #159, 42y
Greg · #166, 37y
Kyra · #166, 35y

Seana was ranked #162 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2002. 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.

Seana 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 Seana without appearing here.

Seana moved ahead of

Bernadette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #907 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Christine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Elaine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #907 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.

Moved ahead of Seana

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Ellinor Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.
Francis Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #3214.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.

Moved the opposite way to Seana

Alex Compare
Between 1990 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Seana went from #303 to #581 while Alex went from #446 to #244.
Elise Compare
Between 1990 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Seana went from #303 to #581 while Elise went from #517 to #192.
Paige Compare
Between 1991 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Seana went from #319 to #581 while Paige went from #515 to #121.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Seana went from #2096 to #5785 while Ada went from #2683 to #164.

Moved the same way as Seana

Deirdre Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Seana went from #466 to #876 and Deirdre from #10 to #876.
Mona Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Seana went from #466 to #876 and Mona from #417 to #876.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Seana went from #2096 to #5785 and Abigail from #21 to #58.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Seana went from #2096 to #5785 and Aimee from #70 to #400.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1971 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #162 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Seana

Seana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Seana across 3 official records

Seana by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Seana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Seana at a glance

Seana across 3 official records

Seana by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Seana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Seana

Seana and the names beside it

Seana moved ahead of

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