Serenity
#129 for girls in 2025, 2,209 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 4,475 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 77,550since 1972
Serenity over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #129 | 2,209 | — | |
| 2024 | #117 | 2,359 | — | |
| 2023 | #102 | 2,574 | — | |
| 2022 | #94 | 2,811 | — | |
| 2021 | #84 | 3,086 | — | |
| 2020 | #69 | 3,444 | — | |
| 2019 | #77 | 3,441 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #75 | 3,570 | — | |
| 2017 | #77 | 3,596 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #70 | 3,871 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #71 | 4,006 | — | |
| 2014 | #58 | 4,356 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #52 | 4,475 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #58 | 4,248 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #66 | 3,872 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #82 | 3,486 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #93 | 3,489 | — | |
| 2008 | #111 | 3,123 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #126 | 2,738 | — | |
| 2006 | #134 | 2,601 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #168 | 1,989 | — | |
| 2004 | #191 | 1,786 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #233 | 1,413 | — | |
| 2002 | #289 | 1,074 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #377 | 784 | — | |
| 2000 | #433 | 654 | — | |
| 1999 | #496 | 524 | — | |
| 1998 | #842 | 253 | — | |
| 1997 | #976 | 200 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,186 | 152 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,433 | 111 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,630 | 93 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,011 | 67 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,527 | 45 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,052 | 52 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,115 | 48 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,734 | 65 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,857 | 57 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,487 | 76 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,499 | 69 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Serenity! It came in at #6,558, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Serenity is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#10 · 1 in 116
- South Carolina#15 · 1 in 140
- Mississippi#23 · 1 in 150
- Oklahoma#23 · 1 in 183
- Arkansas#30 · 1 in 182
Best ever in a state: #10 in New Mexico, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #10 | 58 | 1 in 116 |
| South Carolina | #15 | 125 | 1 in 140 |
| Mississippi | #23 | 73 | 1 in 150 |
| Oklahoma | #23 | 91 | 1 in 183 |
| Arkansas | #30 | 62 | 1 in 182 |
| Indiana | #30 | 138 | 1 in 216 |
| West Virginia | #31 | 39 | 1 in 170 |
| Georgia | #33 | 199 | 1 in 234 |
| Missouri | #33 | 121 | 1 in 223 |
| District of Columbia | #34 | 21 | 1 in 158 |
| Montana | #35 | 16 | 1 in 176 |
| Louisiana | #36 | 87 | 1 in 232 |
| Delaware | #37 | 16 | 1 in 161 |
| North Carolina | #38 | 186 | 1 in 238 |
| Wyoming | #38 | 9 | 1 in 138 |
| Tennessee | #39 | 120 | 1 in 248 |
| Kentucky | #40 | 83 | 1 in 223 |
| Alabama | #41 | 80 | 1 in 233 |
| Ohio | #43 | 198 | 1 in 266 |
| Iowa | #45 | 54 | 1 in 237 |
| Nebraska | #45 | 34 | 1 in 231 |
| Pennsylvania | #48 | 181 | 1 in 288 |
| Colorado | #50 | 79 | 1 in 288 |
| Florida | #51 | 257 | 1 in 316 |
| Arizona | #52 | 102 | 1 in 301 |
| Texas | #52 | 470 | 1 in 342 |
| Alaska | #55 | 12 | 1 in 204 |
| Virginia | #56 | 127 | 1 in 286 |
| Michigan | #59 | 131 | 1 in 318 |
| Kansas | #61 | 42 | 1 in 306 |
| Nevada | #68 | 34 | 1 in 310 |
| Maryland | #72 | 71 | 1 in 331 |
| Wisconsin | #76 | 65 | 1 in 355 |
| New York | #77 | 215 | 1 in 424 |
| Idaho | #78 | 20 | 1 in 309 |
| Illinois | #78 | 145 | 1 in 400 |
| Rhode Island | #78 | 11 | 1 in 264 |
| New Hampshire | #92 | 12 | 1 in 312 |
| Maine | #96 | 12 | 1 in 296 |
| Washington | #97 | 69 | 1 in 432 |
| Connecticut | #101 | 29 | 1 in 405 |
| New Jersey | #101 | 75 | 1 in 487 |
| Minnesota | #111 | 53 | 1 in 456 |
| Oregon | #112 | 33 | 1 in 455 |
| California | #124 | 336 | 1 in 611 |
| Massachusetts | #128 | 46 | 1 in 552 |
| Hawaii | #149 | 7 | 1 in 467 |
| South Dakota | #160 | 7 | 1 in 450 |
| North Dakota | #203 | 5 | 1 in 635 |
| Utah | #247 | 18 | 1 in 981 |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Serenity
- 12 spots since 2024 (#117 → #129)
- 60 spots since 2020 (#69 → #129)
- 58 spots since 2015 (#71 → #129)
- Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1999 (#842 → #496)
- Biggest drop: 15 spots in 2021 (#69 → #84)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2013 at #52 (4,475 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 2009–2022
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Highest: 1 in 392 girls born in 2013 were named Serenity (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 728 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 50.2% of all girls named Serenity (38,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 352 | #1,487 (1978) | #2,802 |
| 1980s | 468 | #1,734 (1981) | #2,272 |
| 1990s | 1,675 | #496 (1999) | #1,377 |
| 2000s | 19,651 | #93 (2009) | #216 |
| 2010s | 38,921 | #52 (2013) | #69 |
| 2020s | 16,483 | #69 (2020) | #99 |
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.
Serenity in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 392 of them was named Serenity, which outranked 99.7% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 315,264 of them was named Serenity, which outranked 23.8% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,655Zyhaire7
- #9,655Zyheir7
- #9,655Zykeem7
- #10,728Serenity6
- #10,728Aadin6
- #10,728Aahaan6
- #10,728Aansh6
- #12,136Aaqil5
- #12,136Aashish5
- #12,136Aashman5
Tied with 1,407 names at #10,728; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.