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Seraphim

Mostly boys · SAIR-uh-fim · Hebrew

Seraphim is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “burning ones”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Seraphim mean?

Hebrew: Hebrew seraphim, plural of seraph

“burning ones”

St Seraphim of Sarov, a Russian monk who died in 1833, is among the best-loved Orthodox saints.

Say it
SAIR-uh-fim

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

In recent years, Seraphim has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 10 boys in the US.

How popular is Seraphim in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Seraphim, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923. 9 girls were also named Seraphim in 2025 (10,104th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Seraphim in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1923Busiest: 11 in 20222025
Seraphim in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
20248#8,982
202310#7,733
202211#7,256
20216#10,794
20200–
20190–
20188#8,813
20176#10,770
20160–
20158#8,739
20149#8,124
20139#8,113
20126#10,763
20116#10,801
20108#8,797
20090–
20085#12,546
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19235#4,236

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