Sekani
Sekani or Tseʼkhene are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in the northern interior of British Columbia. Their territory includes the Finlay and Parsnip River drainages of the Rocky Mountain Trench.
- Tumbuka
Meaning & Origin of Sekani
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sekani or Tseʼkhene are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in the northern interior of British Columbia. Their territory includes the Finlay and Parsnip River drainages of the Rocky Mountain Trench.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Tumbuka
The Story of Sekani
As a girl name
Sekani first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2019, with 67 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 67 births, good for #2,593 nationwide. About 78% of every Sekani on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sekani ranks #4,623 for girls with 30 births, falling sharply (-27%). All told, over 300 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Sekani first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2001, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 252 births, good for #873 nationwide. About 82% of every Sekani on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sekani ranks #1,204 for boys with 170 births, gradually rising (+14%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Sekani
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- Secon
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- Seconde
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About the name Sekani
Sekani is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Sekani's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #873. Use the chart and map above to compare Sekani'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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