Serena
#325 for girls in 2025, 942 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 1,504 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 47,450since 1880
Serena over time
Rank among girls' names. Serena has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #325 | 942 | — | |
| 2024 | #331 | 942 | — | |
| 2023 | #375 | 821 | — | |
| 2022 | #386 | 814 | — | |
| 2021 | #386 | 810 | — | |
| 2020 | #421 | 725 | — | |
| 2019 | #424 | 748 | — | |
| 2018 | #392 | 780 | — | |
| 2017 | #413 | 768 | — | |
| 2016 | #448 | 720 | — | |
| 2015 | #410 | 782 | — | |
| 2014 | #456 | 704 | — | |
| 2013 | #409 | 744 | — | |
| 2012 | #436 | 716 | — | |
| 2011 | #448 | 682 | — | |
| 2010 | #447 | 687 | — | |
| 2009 | #391 | 813 | — | |
| 2008 | #374 | 882 | — | |
| 2007 | #403 | 814 | — | |
| 2006 | #396 | 810 | — | |
| 2005 | #361 | 869 | — | |
| 2004 | #301 | 1,063 | — | |
| 2003 | #255 | 1,277 | — | |
| 2002 | #244 | 1,306 | — | |
| 2001 | #246 | 1,296 | — | |
| 2000 | #209 | 1,504 | — | |
| 1999 | #218 | 1,440 | — | |
| 1998 | #220 | 1,401 | — | |
| 1997 | #245 | 1,206 | — | |
| 1996 | #309 | 925 | — | |
| 1995 | #326 | 831 | — | |
| 1994 | #404 | 620 | — | |
| 1993 | #457 | 546 | — | |
| 1992 | #490 | 500 | — | |
| 1991 | #484 | 498 | — | |
| 1990 | #504 | 477 | — | |
| 1989 | #521 | 448 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #529 | 416 | — | |
| 1987 | #480 | 448 | — | |
| 1986 | #473 | 453 | — | |
| 1985 | #400 | 566 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #384 | 577 | — | |
| 1983 | #374 | 596 | — | |
| 1982 | #389 | 594 | — | |
| 1981 | #411 | 535 | — | |
| 1980 | #372 | 630 | — | |
| 1979 | #418 | 502 | — | |
| 1978 | #429 | 471 | — | |
| 1977 | #407 | 507 | — | |
| 1976 | #437 | 453 | — | |
| 1975 | #443 | 444 | — | |
| 1974 | #465 | 387 | — | |
| 1973 | #456 | 404 | — | |
| 1972 | #432 | 450 | — | |
| 1971 | #386 | 587 | — | |
| 1970 | #374 | 639 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #346 | 676 | — | |
| 1968 | #459 | 441 | — | |
| 1967 | #592 | 261 | — | |
| 1966 | #691 | 200 | — | |
| 1965 | #741 | 181 | — | |
| 1964 | #731 | 203 | — | |
| 1963 | #769 | 180 | — | |
| 1962 | #804 | 169 | — | |
| 1961 | #908 | 142 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,001 | 115 | — | |
| 1959 | #800 | 163 | — | |
| 1958 | #824 | 151 | — | |
| 1957 | #958 | 116 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,034 | 98 | — | |
| 1955 | #869 | 125 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,064 | 85 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,022 | 84 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,014 | 84 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,099 | 70 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,088 | 68 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,095 | 66 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,097 | 66 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 | — | |
| 1944 | #945 | 67 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,181 | 47 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,019 | 59 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | — | |
| 1940 | #957 | 56 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,009 | 49 | — | |
| 1938 | #923 | 59 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,483 | 30 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,126 | 46 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,038 | 51 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 | — | |
| 1917 | #916 | 57 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 35 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 | — | |
| 1909 | #831 | 24 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 | — | |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 | — | |
| 1900 | #634 | 31 | — | |
| 1899 | #791 | 17 | — | |
| 1898 | #679 | 23 | — | |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 | — | |
| 1896 | #576 | 28 | — | |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | — | |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 | — | |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #608 | 13 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #493 | 14 | — | |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Serena was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
Where Serena is popular in 1932
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#615 · 1 in 14,683
Best ever in a state: #70 in Hawaii, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #615 | 6 | 1 in 14,683 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Serena
- 6 spots since 2024 (#331 → #325)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#421 → #325)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#410 → #325)
- Biggest jump: 273 spots in 1938 (#1,196 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 303 spots in 1911 (#768 → #1,071)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2000 at #209 (1,504 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1961–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,207 girls born in 2000 were named Serena (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,706 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 22.4% of all girls named Serena (10,634) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #466 (1880) | #572 |
| 1890s | 184 | #576 (1896) | #715 |
| 1900s | 218 | #634 (1900) | #786 |
| 1910s | 359 | #768 (1910) | #1,027 |
| 1920s | 406 | #1,038 (1920) | #1,235 |
| 1930s | 354 | #923 (1938) | #1,255 |
| 1940s | 595 | #945 (1944) | #1,063 |
| 1950s | 1,055 | #800 (1959) | #977 |
| 1960s | 2,568 | #346 (1969) | #704 |
| 1970s | 4,844 | #374 (1970) | #425 |
| 1980s | 5,263 | #372 (1980) | #433 |
| 1990s | 8,444 | #218 (1999) | #366 |
| 2000s | 10,634 | #209 (2000) | #318 |
| 2010s | 7,331 | #392 (2018) | #428 |
| 2020s | 5,054 | #325 (2025) | #371 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Serena in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 39,524 of them was named Serena, which outranked 71.6% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,421Noella28
- #1,421Roselee28
- #1,421Tommye28
- #1,448Serena27
- #1,448Aleta27
- #1,448Alexandra27
- #1,448Allen27
- #1,488Artis26
- #1,488Blanca26
- #1,488Bobbe26
Tied with 39 names at #1,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.