Senia vs Senora
American parents have registered 1,065 Senoras since 1880, against 576 Senias. But in 2025 it was Senia that was commoner, 6 babies to 5.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Senia Senora
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 126 years in which either name was published, Senora for 83 years and Senia for 43 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1894–1900 Senia ahead
- 1907–1977 Senora ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1978–1981 Senia ahead
- 1982–1991 Senora ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1992–2021 Senia ahead, apart from one short spell
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Senia | Senora | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 576 | 1,065 |
| Most in one year | 19 | 23 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 410 | 600 |
| Median age today | 24 | 57 |
| Peak year | 1994 | 1923 |
| Best rank | 5,016th girls | 1,782nd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 13,208th | 14,942nd |
| First recorded | 1894 | 1881 |
| Girls / boys | 576 / 0 | 1,065 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Senoras alive today are over 57; half the Senias are over 24. That is 33 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Senia and Senora.