Senna

Meaning: Not established
Origin: Italian surname — Borne by the racing driver Ayrton Senna, also the name of a flowering plant

Girl's name · #1757 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Senna is climbing: on the charts since 1944, it reached #1757 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 120 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,100 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#150 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,106 in Canada (2025) · #1,148 in Belgium (2025) · #1,375 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,639 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,447 in Austria (2025) · #6,802 in France (2025) · #2,228 in Sweden (2024) · #905 in Ireland (2022) · #815 in Scotland (2012).

Famous Sennas

Senna Guemmour — German pop singer (born 1979)
Senna Ušić Jogunica — Croatian volleyball player (born 1986)
Senna Maatoug — Dutch politician (born 1989)
Senna Deriks — Belgian artistic gymnast (born 2000)
Senna Feron — Dutch cyclist (born 1995)

In stories & tradition

Senna — Playable character from the game League of Legends

What Sennas become

Among 30 notable people named Senna:

Entertainers appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Senna Guemmour, German pop singer (born 1979).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Sena (#3162), Senna would rank around #1334 with about 170 births last year — the newborns split about 69/31 between Senna and Sena.

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