Serena
Serena is ranked 332nd among girls in 2024 (938 births). Its best rank was 209th, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #332up 43 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9380.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 20001,504 births
- Best rank
- #209in 2000
- Since 1880
- 46,500people given the name
The story in the numbers
46,500 girls have been named Serena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 1,504 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 456 → 332).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 23%. It has spent 104 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Serena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | |
| 1890s | 184 | |
| 1900s | 218 | |
| 1910s | 359 | |
| 1920s | 406 | |
| 1930s | 354 | |
| 1940s | 595 | |
| 1950s | 1,054 | |
| 1960s | 2,568 | |
| 1970s | 4,844 | |
| 1980s | 5,263 | |
| 1990s | 8,444 | |
| 2000s | 10,634 | |
| 2010s | 7,331 | |
| 2020s | 4,105 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Serena was the 209th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Serena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elisiapeak 2000
- Indirapeak 2001
- Saskiapeak 2024
- Esmeraldapeak 1998
- Noemipeak 2023
- Hopepeak 2000
- Josipeak 2002
- Carolinapeak 2004
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.