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Sena

#3,162 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Praise

Sena has been given to 3,326 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,162 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 62 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Sena, 2025

1 in 65,000

Sena over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Sena over time

In 2025, Sena went to 82% girls and 18% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Sena: meaning, origin, and history

Praise

Arabic

What Sena means

Sena means “praise”, associated with sena.

Origin, language, and formation

Sena is used in Turkish. Its origins include Arabic.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Sena is pronounced /seˈnaː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,121 girls were recorded with the name Sena between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 62 in 2023; its best national rank was #396 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,593 in 2020 to #3,162 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,426 in 2015 to #3,162 in 2025.

In the United States, 205 boys were recorded with the name Sena between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2011; its best national rank was #5,658 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,970 in 2020 to #7,589 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,609 in 2015 to #7,589 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sena?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 65,000
51 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 31,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,162
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
45,058 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 45,058 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Senas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sena was born before 1972 — so the typical Sena is around 53 today.

Median birth year
1972
About 53 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
14.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,941
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 14.4% of all recorded uses (450).

Is Sena rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−49
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+431
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+264
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.09×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
82.3%
Peak was 2023 (62)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#396
1884

Spellings of Sena

Sena is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 16.8% against Sena's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sena is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Sena was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 215,534 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Maryland1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6Minnesota1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sena has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Sena is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sena was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sena has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sena around the world

Where Sena ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,006
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2017–2017
    #873
    in 2017
  • France
    1975–2025
    #907
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,104
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–1988
    #657
    in 1988

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Sena

People whose public names include Sena, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Sena by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,162
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 431
Best rank ever
#396
1884
Peak year
2023
62 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,121
Count in 2025
51

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,589
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 619
Best rank ever
#5,658
2002
Peak year
2011
14 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
205
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Sena

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

XenaKenaSennaZenaMenaSenecaEnaTenaReenaIrenaSeniaNeenaSenoraAdenaVenaLeenaRaenaMeenaJenaSirenaBenaArlenaKarenaKalena

Names with a curve like Sena

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Sena, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

PhebeLovinaAraIsaLeonieNevadaAdeliaRosyEmelineLouisaMinnaLucie

Sibling names for Sena

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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