Serita

Peak · girls
1966 · 34 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,196
since 1935

Serita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Serita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #1,982, 1966girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2002#15,4325
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2000#10,7458
1999#10,3458
1998#6,71914
1997#10,8367
1996#13,5185
1995#11,7836
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1993#7,03812
1992#8,7349
1991#5,39917
1990#6,46513
1989#5,83614
1988#4,30820
1987#3,42426
1986#3,75722
1985#3,73022
1984#3,32925
1983#2,51636
1982#2,15047
1981#2,44739
1980#2,65135
1979#2,79531
1978#3,38822
1977#2,66631
1976#4,36314
1975#2,68028
1974#2,10039
1973#3,34219
1972#3,71416
1971#2,03541
1970#2,64727
1969#2,64525
1968#2,96919
1967#2,16730
1966#1,98234
1965#2,06432
1964#2,30628
1963#2,01534
1962#2,03133
1961#2,35926
1960#2,30726
1959#2,67819
1958#2,37623
1957#2,21825
1956#2,82617
1955#2,63518
1954#2,51919
1953#2,59517
1952#3,7969
1951#3,28411
1950#3,6629
1949#2,85013
1948#4,6516
1947#4,0078
1946#2,73913
1945#4,0256
1944#3,1399
1943#4,6915
1942#4,1246
1941#2,84610
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First appearance
1935

The first year at least five girls were named Serita! It came in at #3,156, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Serita is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Serita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1935
  • Peaked 1966 at #1,982 (34 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,028
  • Highest: 1 in 36,028 girls born in 1982 were named Serita (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 359,376 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,982 in 1966, was only 1 in 49,770 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 24.0% of all girls named Serita (287) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s8#3,156 (1935)#3,156
1940s76#2,739 (1946)#3,675
1950s167#2,218 (1957)#2,859
1960s287#1,982 (1966)#2,285
1970s268#2,035 (1971)#2,973
1980s286#2,150 (1982)#3,415
1990s91#5,399 (1991)#8,982
2000s13#10,745 (2000)#13,089

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.

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