Girls' name · since 1954
Sera
1,616 babies named Sera in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,959 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,616
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sera currently ranks #5959 among girls' names in America, with 1,616 babies recorded since 1954.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sera has been recorded 1,616 times among girls since 1954, currently ranked #5959 nationally and more common than 66% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #5,432 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,959 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,616 born since 1954
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sera ranks #5,432 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,959 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,616 born since 1954, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,959 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,616
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sera's 1,616 recorded births place it above 92.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sera compares
1,616 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sera's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,616 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 76 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sera splits its recorded history at 1998: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 76 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Sera by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (512 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Sera's strongest decade.
512 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Sera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 92
1970s
92 births
- 1980s 196
1980s
196 births
- 1990s
1990s
422 births
- 2000s
2000s
512 births
- 2010s
2010s
295 births
- 2020s 89
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 512 births (32% of all-time use).
How Sera compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sera's total volume
Sera by state
Where Sera concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 184 | 11.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 45 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 39 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.3% |
184 of 1,616 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Sera's data
- Sera's decade-level peak was the 2000s (512 total births); usage has since declined to 89 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Seras (184 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1954–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sera draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.