Serge — #7784 US boys' name
1,619 babies named Serge in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
15% of everyone ever named Serge was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Serge in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Serge
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,619 babies named Serge between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Serge currently holds the #7784 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Serge performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 243 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Serge shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 348 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Serge in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Serge 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 1,619 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.
Serge at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Serge popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1972)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #7784 among boys.
1,619 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 39 births in a single year.
Serge by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 243 births that decade — 15% of Serge's all-time total
Serge decade highlights
- Peak decade 243 births
- Runner-up 233 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Serge's strongest decade
243 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Serge by state
Where Serge concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 348 | 21.5% |
| #2 | California | | 60 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 58 | 3.6% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.3% |
348 of 1,619 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 21.5% of nationwide
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- Florida 3.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 21.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1914–2024 (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.