Girls' name · since 1967
Serra
Serra has 816 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 816
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Serra currently ranks #9596 among girls' names in America, with 816 babies recorded since 1967.
Serra has 816 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9596 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #8,622 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,596 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 816 born since 1967
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Serra ranks #8,622 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,596 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 816 born since 1967, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 816
- born since 1967
- 1990s
- peak decade
Serra's 816 recorded births place it above 88.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Serra compares
816 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Serra's all-time total is 117% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Serra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 816 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Serra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Serra's full recorded timeline at 2000, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Serra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Serra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (219 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Serra's strongest decade.
219 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Serra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
123 births
- 1990s
1990s
219 births
- 2000s
2000s
214 births
- 2010s
2010s
168 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 219 births (27% of all-time use).
How Serra 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 Serra's total volume
Serra by state
Where Serra concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 45 | 5.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
45 of 816 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Serra's data
- Serra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (219 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Serras (45 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 Serra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Serra 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.