Sedona
Sedona is a city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, Sedona had a population of 9,684. The city is within the Coconino National Forest.
Meaning & Origin of Sedona
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sedona is a city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, Sedona had a population of 9,684. The city is within the Coconino National Forest.
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The Story of Sedona
Sedona first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 130 Sedonas were born — ranking #1,611 that year. As of 2026, Sedona ranks #1,611 for baby girls with 130 births, rising sharply (+53% over the past five years). In total, more than 3K Sedonas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Sedona
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- Robert Adams – American Advaita teacher
- Samaire Armstrong – actress
- Michelle Branch – singer/songwriter
- Brandon Decker – singer/songwriter based in Sedona
- Gail Edwards – actress
- Max Ernst – surrealist and dadaist artist, brought international art world attention to Sedona when it was less than 100 people.
- Justin Frankel – computer programmer
- Kevin Geary – English portrait and abstract artist
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Names that sound like Sedona
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About the name Sedona
Sedona is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Sedona's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,611. Use the chart and map above to compare Sedona's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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