Sena
Feminine
Sena is given to both — 3,121 girls and 205 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Sena arrives from several unconnected languages and has been in American records since the nineteenth century. Two syllables, four letters, and a different story in Turkey, in Ghana and in a Victorian American census.
How old is the name Sena?
Sena was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Sena alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 2,000 people named Sena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sena most popular?
Sena peaked in 1884, reaching #391 nationally. Today it ranks #3130, 2,739 places below that high. See the whole 1884 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Sena
The nineteenth-century American Sena is the easiest line to trace: long women's names were routinely clipped, and Serena, Rosina, Josina and Christina all yielded a short -sena or -sina that became a name in its own right on the census. The Turkish and Ewe lines are entirely separate and both are living names in their own countries today. What arrives in modern American records is therefore several different names sharing four letters, and the family always knows which one it means.
Meaningnot established
Not established
There is no single source. Turkish Sena is from an Arabic word for praise. Ewe Sena, in Ghana and Togo, is generally read as a gift from God. In nineteenth-century America it appears mainly as a short form of Serena, Rosina and similar names, and Japanese Sena is written with characters chosen family by family.
Pronouncing Sena
SEE-nah
Two syllables. American usage generally gives a long first vowel; Turkish and Ewe usage both give SEH-nah.
Nicknames for Sena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 201956 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #391reached in 1884
- Change vs 2022
- −3.8%51 in 2025, from 53
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sena in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sena in Turkish — same name
- Sena in Ewe — same name
- Sena in Japanese — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Senas among us
people named Sena are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 31,515 born in 2025 was named Sena
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sena
- #3130
- Sena on the 2025 chart
- #787
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sena went to 51 girls in 2025, but Senna and Seena are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 173, which makes it the 787th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,343 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 9,291 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 31,515 for Sena itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Sena sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sena is headed
Sena should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sena beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sena in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters, two syllables, and pronounceable in almost every language on earth.
- It is a living name in Turkey, in Ghana and in Japan, so it belongs to several communities at once.
- It has genuine nineteenth-century American history as well as modern international use.
- The first vowel is said differently by each of the traditions that use it.
- Sena, Siena and Seneca are close enough to be confused in writing and aloud.
- There is no single meaning, so the honest answer names several.
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Frequently asked
- How many Senas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Sena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sena?
- Sena is one of 3 recorded spellings. Senna is the more common one — 116 births in 2025 against 51 for Sena.
- How popular is the name Sena in 2025?
- Sena ranks #3130 among US girl names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sena?
- About 1 in every 31,515 US girls born in 2025 was named Sena — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sena with classmates?
- Sena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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