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.
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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,040 of them was named Serena, which outranked 96.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Serena, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.