Saraphina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-ra-FEE-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Saraphina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “burning ones”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Saraphina mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Sarafina, itself a variant of Serafina, from Hebrew seraphim via Latin
“burning ones”
Known from Sarafina!, Mbongeni Ngema's 1987 South African musical about the Soweto student uprising.
Meaning borrowed from Sarafina.
Is Saraphina a girl's or a boy's name?
Saraphina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saraphina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Saraphina, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more girls named Saraphina than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Saraphina in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saraphina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Nicknames for Saraphina
Names like Saraphina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Seraphina Amoura Zamira Salem Adhara Safa Sama Adira Sariyah Azariah Raya Hadassa
Names related to Saraphina
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saraphina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saraphina, updated 20 October 2026.