Serafin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-ra-FEEN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Serafin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the burning ones”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Serafin mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Polish form of Seraphinus
“the burning ones”
From the seraphim, the fiery six-winged angels described by the prophet Isaiah.
Is Serafin a girl's or a boy's name?
Serafin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Serafin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 450% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Serafin, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd.
2025 had the most boys named Serafin of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Serafin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
How popular is Serafin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Serafin, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Serafin than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Serafin in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Serafin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Serafin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Serafin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/serafin, updated 20 October 2026.