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Seneca Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Seneca?

In 2018 the rare name Seneca, ranked the 4,307th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Seneca is currently less popular.

Position 634, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1977 with 179 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Seneca was less than 5, most recently in 1974.

Seneca, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1974-1977, 2003-2007, and 2012-2016, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1980-1988, and 2007-2012.

Sometimes the name Seneca has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Seneca has been moving upward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Seneca for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Seneca?

Seneca's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Seneca is very unique but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Seneca (Girl)Seneca (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 32 4,420 24 4,307
2017 25 5,302 22 4,561
2016 33 4,409 30 3,660
2015 33 4,385 18 5,247
2014 28 5,000 20 4,833
2013 29 4,861 20 4,754
2012 30 4,810 11 7,454
2011 31 4,661 16 5,629
2010 31 4,708 27 3,881
2009 39 4,001 27 3,896
2008 40 3,991 26 4,011
2007 40 3,968 41 2,913
2006 52 3,214 34 3,207
2005 39 3,790 29 3,438
2004 42 3,556 29 3,353
2003 45 3,282 26 3,507
2002 29 4,366 31 3,005
2001 38 3,535 27 3,305
2000 37 3,582 30 2,977
1999 28 4,178 14 4,984
1998 39 3,212 16 4,377
1997 38 3,146 30 2,667
1996 29 3,810 17 3,988
1995 53 2,449 9 6,324
1994 40 2,980 12 5,064
1993 28 3,859 11 5,291
1992 25 4,202 8 6,590
1991 26 4,025 10 5,443
1990 34 3,280 15 3,934
1989 21 4,488 14 3,991
1988 27 3,564 12 4,119
1987 16 5,031 15 3,312
1986 17 4,691 27 2,144
1985 26 3,392 29 2,006
1984 32 2,831 39 1,576
1983 23 3,523 58 1,199
1982 43 2,319 58 1,226
1981 42 2,366 82 1,008
1980 51 2,058 147 725
1979 37 2,512 110 833
1978 37 2,423 117 784
1977 40 2,294 179 634
1976 24 3,078 107 809
1975 15 4,316 7 4,702
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.