Seneca
Seneca is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 634th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1977179 births
- Best rank
- #634in 1977
- Since 1975
- 3,473people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,741 boys have been named Seneca in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 179 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1970s alone account for 30%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Seneca is used for both sexes: 50% of its bearers are girls (1,732), most of them born around 1995.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1977, its biggest year
Seneca was the 634th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1977 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Seneca
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tavarespeak 1977
- Lavarpeak 1977
- Jedediahpeak 1979
- Levarpeak 1977
- Anwarpeak 1978
- Shaunpeak 1978
- Rasheenpeak 1979
- Jeremiepeak 1976
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.