Girls' name · since 1970

Serenna

212 babies named Serenna in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#19,227 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,520 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
212
born since 1970
2000s
peak decade

Serenna currently ranks #13520 among girls' names in America, with 212 babies recorded since 1970.

Social Security Administration records show Serenna recorded 212 times among girls since 1970, holding rank #13520 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.

  • #19,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,520 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 212 born since 1970
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Serenna ranks #19,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,520 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 212 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.

#19,227 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,520 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
212
born since 1970
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%21.8%
Serenna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Serenna's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Serenna compares

212 38th percentile among 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

Serenna's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Serenna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 212 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Serenna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Serenna's full recorded timeline at 2004, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Serenna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2002)
16
Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
05101520 19701991199920032007201120242025 6

Serenna by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 45% of the file).

2000s was Serenna's strongest decade.

96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.

Serenna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (45% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Serenna?
Serenna has been given to 212 babies in the U.S. since 1970, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #19,227 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #13,520 of 17,297. 16 babies were born in 2002, its single highest year.
Where does Serenna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Serenna ranks #19,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,520 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Serenna most popular?
Serenna was most popular in the 2000s decade with 96 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Serenna been used?
The SSA has tracked Serenna since 1970 -- 56 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Serenna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Serenity, Serena, Serina, Seraphina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Serenna's data

  • Serenna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Serenna

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Serenna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1970–2025 (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 Serenna 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.