Seraphina
- Pronunciation
- [Se-ra-phi-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Burning Fire
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Seraphina
Seraphina derives from the Hebrew seraphim, the highest order of angels, whose name carries the sense of "burning ones" or "fiery ones" — hence its gloss as "burning fire." The seraphim were imagined as radiant beings closest to the divine, and the name borrows their luminous, celestial associations. Long and ornate, Seraphina has the romantic, vintage grandeur that has lifted other angelic and antique names back into fashion among parents drawn to elaborate beauty.
The spelling sits within a small family of forms. Recorded variants include Sarafina and Serafina, the Italian and phonetic versions that trade the ph for a simpler f while keeping the same flowing, four-syllable sweep. The full form invites natural nicknames and reads as elegant, ethereal, and unmistakably feminine — a name that feels at once antique and freshly fashionable, soft yet substantial.
In the United States, Seraphina is a very recent arrival to the top tier: it first entered the Social Security top-1000 in 2023 and reached its best rank of #778 in 2024, climbing sharply from #971 the year before. It accounted for roughly 628 births across that brief span. That fresh, steeply rising trajectory makes Seraphina a name firmly of the present moment — an angelic classic catching new fire among parents drawn to its ornate, luminous beauty.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Seraphina
US Popularity History (2023–2025)
Annual US births named Seraphina by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 489 girls named Seraphina (girl rank #600 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Seraphina Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Seraphina the strongest states are Nevada, Connecticut, Arizona.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #505 | 19 |
| 2 | Connecticut | #547 | 24 |
| 3 | Arizona | #642 | 34 |
| 4 | Colorado | #669 | 25 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #709 | 108 |
| 6 | New Jersey | #727 | 56 |
| 7 | Missouri | #736 | 25 |
| 8 | Maryland | #747 | 22 |
| 9 | Michigan | #753 | 55 |
| 10 | Indiana | #757 | 29 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | #915 | 32 |
| 2 | South Carolina | #876 | 15 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #873 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota | #834 | 41 |
| 5 | New York | #824 | 145 |
| 6 | Florida | #811 | 106 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #798 | 39 |
| 8 | Washington | #773 | 45 |
| 9 | Indiana | #757 | 29 |
| 10 | Michigan | #753 | 55 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Seraphina in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serafina | Seraph | Female | Spanish |
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Compare Seraphina to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Seraphina against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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