NameTides

Serena

Serena was the #325 girls' name in the US in 2025 (942 babies), and #381 in England & Wales and #152 in Canada.

Serena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Serena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Serena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#325 (942)#381 (111)#387 (8)—#304 (13)#152 (180)
2024#331 (942)#305 (141)#295 (12)—#736 (4)#187 (152)
2023#375 (821)#408 (101)#439 (7)—#555 (6)#214 (131)
2022#386 (814)#328 (131)#418 (7)#418 (3)#747 (4)#163 (165)
2021#386 (810)#389 (115)#652 (4)#350 (4)#322 (13)#203 (150)
2020#421 (725)#378 (116)#257 (14)—#834 (3)#176 (158)
2019#424 (748)#409 (103)#765 (3)—#421 (9)#194 (149)
2018#392 (780)#458 (94)#502 (6)#313 (5)#361 (12)#182 (161)
2017#413 (768)#433 (101)#570 (5)—#524 (7)#178 (169)
2016#448 (720)#468 (93)#585 (5)—#448 (9)#192 (160)
2015#410 (782)#417 (106)—#312 (5)#532 (7)#161 (190)
2014#456 (704)#494 (86)#395 (9)#365 (4)#404 (11)#172 (195)
2013#409 (744)#408 (104)——#399 (11)#147 (208)
2012#436 (716)#350 (137)#580 (5)#383 (4)#474 (9)#168 (194)
2011#448 (682)#365 (129)#674 (4)#363 (4)#325 (15)#171 (188)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #209.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 830common

Next year

On its recent trend, Serena is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Serena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #368WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #402ILMichigan: #306MINew York: #221NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #511INOhio: #416OHPennsylvania: #294PANew Jersey: #149NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #218CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #536CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #333VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #292AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #323GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #365TXFlorida: #219FL
Serena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#12785
Quebec2025#28619

Serena (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SerenaCanadaGirls#152180
SerenaEngland & WalesGirls#381111
SerenaIrelandGirls#30413
SerenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SerenaScotlandGirls#3878
SerenaUSGirls#325942
SerenaUSBoys—too few