Seneca
Seneca was the 4343rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 2059th; the most babies were born in 1995 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved up 51 places. More babies were named Seneca in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,343 girls, down 193 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 33girls
- Girls and boys
- 64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199553 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,523babies recorded
Seneca popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,343 | #5,808 | 33 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,150 | #5,422 | 34 | 17 |
| 2010 | #4,716 | #3,885 | 31 | 27 |
| 2000 | #3,583 | #2,980 | 37 | 30 |
| 1990 | #3,280 | #3,935 | 34 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,059 | #724 | 51 | 147 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | #3,188 | — | 16 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Seneca, counting every spelling?
Seneca has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Seneca?
33 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Seneca (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Seneca born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 253 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Seneca.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Seneca?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Seneca are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 15 and 41. That makes Seneca mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Seneca by state
How common Seneca was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Seneca
How popular is the name Seneca?
Seneca was the 4343rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 2059th; the most babies were born in 1995 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved up 51 places. More babies were named Seneca in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Seneca a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Seneca in the US.
Where is Seneca most popular?
In 2021–2025, Seneca was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).