Sedona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-DOH-nuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,587 for girls
Sedona is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,587th for girls in the US (132 babies).
What does Sedona mean?
Modern: from the Arizona town, named after settler Sedona Schnebly
The Arizona red-rock town was named in 1902 after Sedona Schnebly, wife of its first postmaster.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sedona a girl's or a boy's name?
Sedona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 132 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sedona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,587among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 132about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 132 girls in the US were named Sedona, making it the 1,587th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had the most girls named Sedona of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Sedona in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sedona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #1,587 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,708 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,736 |
| 2022 | 129 | #1,638 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,090 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,642 |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,184 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 66 | #2,462 |
| 2002 | 76 | #2,175 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,426 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,508 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
Names like Sedona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna Sienna Kiara Teagan Brynlee Kianna Kiana Fiona Brianna Kennedy Solana Cassidy
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Sedona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sedona, updated 20 October 2026.