Serena Girl
How popular is Serena?
#325 girl name in 2025
942 baby girls were named Serena in the US in 2025, making it the 325th most popular girl name.
Serena popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #325 for girls (▲ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 942 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #410 in 2015, #421 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (1,504 girls) |
| Highest rank | #209 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Serena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Serena family of names ranked #342 for girls in 2025, with 948 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serena | 942 | 99% |
| Serenna | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Serena is most popular
Babies named Serena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 1.5 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- New Jersey: 1.2 per 1,000 (209 girls)
- Nevada: 1.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Massachusetts: 1.0 per 1,000 (126 girls)
Serena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #466 |
| 1890s | 184 | #576 |
| 1900s | 218 | #634 |
| 1910s | 359 | #768 |
| 1920s | 406 | #1,038 |
| 1930s | 354 | #923 |
| 1940s | 595 | #945 |
| 1950s | 1,055 | #800 |
| 1960s | 2,568 | #346 |
| 1970s | 4,844 | #374 |
| 1980s | 5,263 | #372 |
| 1990s | 8,444 | #218 |
| 2000s | 10,634 | #209 |
| 2010s | 7,331 | #392 |
| 2020s | 5,054 | #325 |
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Questions
- Is Serena a boy or girl name?
- Serena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Serena were girls.
- How popular is the name Serena?
- 942 baby girls were named Serena in the US in 2025, making it the 325th most popular girl name.
- When was Serena most popular?
- Serena peaked in 2000, when 1,504 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #209 in 2000.
- How many people are named Serena?
- 47,466 babies have been named Serena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 44,571 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Serena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Serena was most common in Connecticut, at 1.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.