Serafina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- se-ra-FEE-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,022 for girls
Serafina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fiery ones, burning ones”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 1,022nd for girls in the US (245 babies).
What does Serafina mean?
Hebrew: Italian form of Seraphina, from seraphim
“fiery ones, burning ones”
From the seraphim, the six-winged angels of Isaiah's vision; Saint Fina (Serafina) of San Gimignano was a 13th-century Italian saint.
Is Serafina a girl's or a boy's name?
Serafina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 245 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Serafina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Serafina, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th.
2025 had the most girls named Serafina of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Serafina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the UK were given Serafina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #501, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
- Seraphina 61
- Serafina 24
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Serafina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Serafina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,022among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 245about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 245 girls in the US were named Serafina, making it the 1,022nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,373rd. It first appears in the records in 1901.
2025 had the most girls named Serafina of any year since it first appeared, in 1901.
Half of all the girls named Serafina in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 734 girls in the US were given Serafina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #443, up from #1,022 for this spelling alone.
- Seraphina 489
- Serafina 245
Serafina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | #1,022 |
| 2024 | 192 | #1,223 |
| 2023 | 148 | #1,474 |
| 2022 | 173 | #1,350 |
| 2021 | 170 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 158 | #1,373 |
| 2019 | 166 | #1,357 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,665 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,600 |
| 2014 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2013 | 120 | #1,725 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,929 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,943 |
| 2010 | 83 | #2,296 |
| 2009 | 98 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,409 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,765 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
Nicknames for Serafina
Names like Serafina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Serafina
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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, “Serafina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/serafina, updated 20 October 2026.