Serafina

Meaning: Burning ones
Origin: Latin — Variant of Seraphina

Girl's name · #1024 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Serafina is climbing: on the charts since 1901, it reached #1024 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 250 girls given the name last year. Roughly 3,700 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Serafina ran 3–4× its national rate in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Serafina ranks in other countries and regions.

#511 in Austria (2025) · #678 in Poland (2025) · #1,315 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,577 in Canada (2025) · #2,135 in Italy (2024) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,493 in Switzerland (2025) · #11,387 in Ecuador (2022) · #7,152 in France (2021).

Famous Serafinas

Serafina of God — Italian Carmelite and founder (1621–1699)
Serafina Steer — English harpist, pianist, singer and songwriter (born 1982)
Serafina Astafieva — Russian ballet dancer (1867–1934)
Serafina Dávalos — Paraguayan lawyer and feminist (1877–1957)
Serafina Cuomo — Italian historian (born 1966)

In stories & tradition

Serafina Pekkala^it — His Dark Materials character
Serafina de Lavillant — The Barbarian's Bride (manga)
Serafina Delle Rose — The Rose Tattoo (book)

What Serafinas become

Among 24 notable people named Serafina:

No single standout — notable Serafinas spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Seraphina (#600), Serafina would rank around #424 with about 730 births last year — the newborns split about 67/33 between Seraphina and Serafina.

Similar names: Seraphina · Amariah · Serene · Josephina · Jovi · Emiliana

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