Recorded 1915–2023 Girls' name Peak 2000 561 births

Cerena — girls' name

561 babies named Cerena in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51950s51960s231970s181980s741990s1432000s1802010s862020s27
2000s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Cerena was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

31 babies were named Cerena in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cerena

The Social Security Administration has registered 561 babies named Cerena between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cerena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cerena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cerena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cerena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cerena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 561 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Cerena at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

561

Since 1915

109 years of records

Peak year

2000

31 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1915

Recorded for 109 years

Last year on file: 2023

Cerena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1915

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2000)
31
Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
010203040 202320162009200219951988198119631915 5

Cerena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
180 births that decade — 32% of Cerena's all-time total
1910s51950s51960s231970s181980s741990s1432000s1802010s862020s27

Cerena by state

Where Cerena concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Cerena
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
32 5.7%
California share of Cerena's total US births 5.7%

32 of 561 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cerena?
561 babies have been named Cerena since 1915. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2000 with 31 births.
When was Cerena most popular?
Cerena was most popular in the 2000s decade with 180 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Cerena most popular?
The top states for the name Cerena are California (32 births).
How long has the name Cerena been used?
Cerena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 109 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Cerena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cera, Cerenity, Cerise, Cerina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.