How rare is the name Serafin?

4,513 people in the United States have the first name Serafin, about 1 in 66,925. It ranks #4,223 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SERAFIN

#4,223

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,513
About
1 in 66,925
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,513 people named Serafin, 90.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2% as White. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Serafin peaked in 1993, when 33 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
33
In 2025*
25 ▼24%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,782 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Serafin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #4,452. The largest share of babies named Serafin, 20.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,53239
1920s#4,500132
1930s#4,452110
1940s#5,22793
1950s#5,321119
1960s#5,048155
1970s#5,976168
1980s#6,070215
1990s#7,047243
2000s#8,393259
2010s#12,621155
2020s#12,13894
Greatest Generation 1901–278.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.5%
Baby boom 1946–6413.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.9%
Millennials 1981–9620.7%
Generation Z 1997–1220.9%
2013 and later11.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Serafin, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Serafin ranks #7,499 of 156,621, with 4,281 people. See Serafin as a last name

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