Serena — #331 US girls' name
46,500 babies named Serena in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Serena was born in this single decade.
1,504 babies were named Serena in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Serena
The Social Security Administration has registered 46,500 babies named Serena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Serena currently holds the #331 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 1,504 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Serena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10,634 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Serena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,803 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Serena in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Serena 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 46,500 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.
Serena at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Serena popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2000)
- 1,504
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #331 among girls.
46,500 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 1,504 births in a single year.
Serena popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1970 (Serena as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Serena accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Serena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10,634 births that decade — 23% of Serena's all-time total
Serena decade highlights
- Peak decade 10,634 births
- Runner-up 8,444 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Serena's strongest decade
10,634 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Serena by state
Where Serena concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8,803 | 18.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 3,822 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 3,495 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 2,057 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,589 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,555 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,353 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,348 | 2.9% |
8,803 of 46,500 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.9% of nationwide
- New York 8.2% of nationwide
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Serena appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.