Seneca
A unisex name of Iroquoian origin, meaning people of the stone.
Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Seneca by the numbers
Seneca was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 179 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Seneca. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Seneca, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
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