Seraphine
Feminine · “burning ones”
Seraphine is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 751 girls against 10 boys since 1880.
Seraphine comes from the seraphim, and the Hebrew word means the burning ones. In the vision that names them they have six wings, they cover their faces, and they are on fire — which is a great deal more alarming than the modern idea of an angel.
How old is the name Seraphine?
Seraphine first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Seraphine is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Seraphine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Seraphine most popular?
Seraphine peaked in 1892, reaching #1171 nationally. Today it ranks #2957, 1,786 places below that high. See the whole 1892 chart.
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Where it comes from
From saraph to Seraphine
The story of Seraphine
The sixth chapter of Isaiah puts the seraphim above the throne, each with six wings, calling to one another; Christian theology later ranked them first among the nine orders of angels, above the cherubim. That made the word available for naming, and Seraphina was carried by a thirteenth-century Italian saint. French produced Seraphine, and both spread across Catholic Europe. Its American record sits mostly in the late nineteenth century, and it has been returning quietly since.
Meaning
burning ones; the fiery angels
Hebrew seraphim is a plural, from saraph, 'to burn'. The same word names the fiery serpents in the book of Numbers, which is why some scholars read the seraphim as serpentine. The reading is documented. Seraphina and Seraphine are Latin and French feminine names built on the word, formed as Angelina is from angel.
How the name formed
- saraph
- seraphim
- Seraphina
- Seraphine
Related forms: Serafina · Serafina · Séraphine · Serafina
Pronouncing Seraphine
SER-uh-feen
Three syllables, stress on the first, the ending rhyming with seen. French says say-ra-FEEN with the stress at the end. Seraphina, the Latin form, has four syllables and a different ending entirely.
Nicknames for Seraphine
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
- 1892
- Most girls named
- 202556 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1171reached in 1892
- Change vs 2024
- +33.3%56 in 2025, from 42
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.
Seraphine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Serafina in Italian — same name
- Serafina in Spanish — same name
- Séraphine in French — same name
- Serafina in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Seraphines among us
people named Seraphine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 28,701 born in 2025 was named Seraphine
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Seraphine 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 Seraphine is headed
Seraphine looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 16% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Seraphine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Seraphine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented meaning that is startling and specific rather than a soft gloss.
- Sera and Fina are both ready short forms and both are established names.
- Three syllables with a strong ending, which pairs well with a short surname.
- Seraphine, Seraphina, Serafina and Séraphine all circulate and are said differently.
- It is an unmistakably religious name and will be read as one.
- The ph is said as an f and will be misspelled by people who have only heard it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Seraphines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Seraphine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Seraphine in 2025?
- Seraphine ranks #2957 among US girl names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Seraphine?
- About 1 in every 28,701 US girls born in 2025 was named Seraphine — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Seraphine with classmates?
- Seraphine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Seraphine
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