Seraphina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Seraphina: Recorded since 1996, it reached #936 in 2019, and it stood at #1,302 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#936highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
2000	#2746
2001	#2783
2002	#2301
2003	#3594
2004	#1952
2005	#2084
2006	#2137
2007	#2085
2008	#2150
2009	#1837
2010	#1584
2011	#1374
2012	#1075
2013	#1177
2014	#1341
2015	#1362
2016	#1211
2017	#1144
2018	#1200
2019	#936
2020	#1127
2021	#1039
2022	#1023
2023	#981
2024	#1302

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #936 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1302 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Seraphina 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 Seraphina in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	87	10 of 10	9
2010s	273	10 of 10	27
2020sbusiest	155	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Seraphina appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #936 in England and Wales in 2019.

Seraphina'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#981	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1023	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#936	38	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1200	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1211	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1341	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #936, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,302position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
38births registered in its largest year, 201925 to 49 births →

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.

Serafina · #1681, 25y
Serah · #483, 16y
Seraphine · #2901, 18y
Serayah · #1948, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Amaal · #936, 27y
Nailah · #936, 29y
Aryaan · #935, 24y
Benito · #938, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amaal · #936, 27y
Nailah · #936, 29y
Alika · #937, 18y
Aryaan · #935, 24y

Seraphina was ranked #936 in England and Wales · Girls in 2019. 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.

Seraphina 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 Seraphina without appearing here.

Seraphina moved ahead of

Jesse Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4688.
Cecilie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3594 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #4798.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1837 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4012.
Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2150 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1837 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Seraphina

Ada Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1543.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #1472.
Ida Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #2738.

Moved the opposite way to Seraphina

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Seraphina

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seraphina went from #2350 to #1302 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #936 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Seraphina

Seraphina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Seraphina by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Seraphina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Seraphina at a glance

Seraphina by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Seraphina 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 Seraphina

Seraphina and the names beside it

Seraphina moved ahead of

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