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Senna

#1,757 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Senna has been given to 1,205 babies in the U.S. since 1944. In 2025 it ranked #1,757 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 116 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Senna, 2025

1 in 28,600

Senna over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Senna over time

In 2025, Senna went to 89% girls and 11% boys.

19442025

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.

Senna: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Senna means

Senna is a given name.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,098 girls were recorded with the name Senna between 1944 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 116 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,757 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,065 in 2020 to #1,757 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,907 in 2015 to #1,757 in 2025.

In the United States, 107 boys were recorded with the name Senna between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2025; its best national rank was #6,390 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,416 in 2020 to #6,390 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,941 in 2015 to #6,390 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.

How common is Senna?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 28,600
116 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 13,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,757
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,811 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Senna 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 19,811 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Senna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sennas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Senna was born before 2018 — so the typical Senna is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
46.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,093
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Choose a decade

2020s — 46.4% of all recorded uses (510).

Is Senna 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
+236
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,308
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,150
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.97×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (116)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,757
2025

Spellings of Senna

Senna is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 22.8% against Senna's 0.03%.

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 Senna is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Senna was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 33,000 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 20,000
  2. 2California1 in 25,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 25,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 25,000
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 25,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 33,333
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 33,333

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.

Where Senna is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Senna 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. Senna has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Senna around the world

Where Senna 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
    #1,639
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2011–2012
    #815
    in 2012
  • Ireland
    2022–2022
    #905
    in 2022
  • France
    1986–2025
    #4,956
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1999–2024
    #934
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1998–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS 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.

Senna by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,757
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,308
Best rank ever
#1,757
2025
Peak year
2025
116 that year
First recorded
1944
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,098
Count in 2025
116

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,390
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,026
Best rank ever
#6,390
2025
Peak year
2025
14 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
107
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Senna

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

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Sibling names for Senna

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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