Sereena — girls' name
278 babies named Sereena in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
278 girls have been named Sereena since 1983, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 278
- total births
- 1983–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Sereena was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Sereena in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sereena
The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Sereena between 1983 and 2023, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sereena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sereena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sereena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sereena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sereena 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 278 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.
Sereena at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sereena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1983
- Peak year (1996)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
278 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 16 births in a single year.
Sereena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 109 births that decade — 39% of Sereena's all-time total
Sereena decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sereena's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Sereena by state
Where Sereena concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
11 of 278 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1983–2023 (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.