Seanna

Gender: Girl
Say it: SHAW-na
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #5,237 for girls

Seanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).

What does Seanna mean?

Hebrew: feminine of Sean, the Irish form of John

“God is gracious”

A modern feminine of Sean, which reached Irish from Norman French Jehan, a form of John.

Is Seanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Seanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Seanna in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 16 girls.

Half of all the girls named Seanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 16 in 20102022

Seanna in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2022	6	#3,728
2021	0	–
2020	6	#3,630
2019	5	#4,214
2018	4	#4,914
2017	6	#3,774
2016	5	#4,290
2015	4	#4,951
2014	10	#2,618
2013	6	#3,719
2012	11	#2,463
2011	10	#2,582
2010	16	#1,829
2009	7	#3,201
2008	5	#4,065
2007	5	#3,858
2006	10	#2,263
2005	9	#2,360
2004	0	–
2003	4	#3,768
2002	3	#4,284
2001	5	#2,928
2000	1	#5,280
1999	6	#2,559
1998	3	#4,026
1997	9	#1,927
1996	3	#3,935

How popular is Seanna in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,237th among girls
Babies in 2025: 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steady up 16% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Seanna, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.

Half of all the girls named Seanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1959Busiest: 125 in 20062025

Seanna in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	24	#5,237
2024	29	#4,667
2023	27	#4,870
2022	31	#4,470
2021	23	#5,394
2020	23	#5,310
2019	30	#4,545
2018	16	#7,096
2017	30	#4,574
2016	28	#4,849
2015	28	#4,852
2014	41	#3,717
2013	54	#3,041
2012	55	#3,039
2011	71	#2,533
2010	51	#3,202
2009	63	#2,799
2008	86	#2,267
2007	94	#2,134
2006	125	#1,682
2005	107	#1,818
2004	63	#2,616
2003	66	#2,462
2002	71	#2,285
2001	71	#2,255
2000	60	#2,504
1999	67	#2,219
1998	56	#2,458
1997	53	#2,447
1996	30	#3,627
1995	40	#2,927
1994	36	#3,163
1993	27	#3,872
1992	30	#3,575
1991	37	#3,030
1990	32	#3,359
1989	25	#3,887
1988	35	#2,926
1987	24	#3,621
1986	24	#3,552
1985	37	#2,600
1984	33	#2,729
1983	32	#2,720
1982	20	#3,897
1981	27	#3,147
1980	20	#3,852
1979	18	#4,051
1978	22	#3,388
1977	24	#3,175
1976	14	#4,361
1975	20	#3,403
1974	18	#3,558
1973	17	#3,634
1972	24	#2,820
1971	25	#2,801
1970	19	#3,311
1969	20	#3,011
1968	19	#2,969
1967	12	#3,844
1966	13	#3,557
1965	6	#5,816
1964	6	#6,008
1963	6	#5,890
1962	6	#5,859
1961	8	#4,881
1960	0	–
1959	6	#5,565

Names like Seanna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sienna, Keira, Eden, Mia, Ava, Kiara, Jessica, Sara, Eliana, Gabriella, Cara, Brianna

Names related to Seanna

Sana, Sianna, Senna, Sanna, Siyanna, Siennah, Shannan, Shanna, Sieanna, Zeanna

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Seanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seanna, updated 20 October 2026.