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Seraphim

#10,778 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Alternate transcription of Serafim

Seraphim has been given to 339 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #10,778 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 16 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% girls, 34% boys all-time.

Babies named Seraphim, 2025

1 in 368,000

Seraphim over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Seraphim went to 47% girls and 53% boys.

19232025

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.

Seraphim: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Serafim

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Seraphim means

Seraphim is a alternate transcription of Serafim.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Serafim.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 224 girls were recorded with the name Seraphim between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2009; its best national rank was #7,998 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,834 in 2020 to #10,778 in 2025.

In the United States, 115 boys were recorded with the name Seraphim between 1923 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2022; its best national rank was #4,791 in 1923.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,424 in 2015 to #8,132 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 Seraphim?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,778
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Seraphim 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Seraphim. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Seraphims were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Seraphim was born before 2011 — so the typical Seraphim is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
224
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2000s — 41.5% of all recorded uses (93).

Is Seraphim 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
+187
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,056
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
56.3%
Peak was 2009 (16)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,998
2009

Spellings of Seraphim

Seraphim is not the most common spelling — Seraphina is, with 80.8% against Seraphim's 4.4%.

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.

Seraphim around the world

Where Seraphim 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
    2014–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2007–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Seraphim by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,778
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,056
Best rank ever
#7,998
2009
Peak year
2009
16 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
224
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,132
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#4,791
1923
Peak year
2022
11 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
115
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Seraphim

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

SerennaSeraiahSerenidySereniteeSeriyahSerenitiSerynaSerayahSerinitySerayaSeranaSeraphineSerenitieSerrinaSerineSereenaSeriahSereenSereiaSerenahSerrenaSerafinaSerethaSerai

Sibling names for Seraphim

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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