Serenity

Serenity was the #129 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,209 babies), and #997 in England & Wales and #683 in Canada.

Serenity as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Serenity as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Serenity as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#129 (2,209)#997 (34)—#683 (44)
2024#117 (2,359)#934 (38)—#494 (60)
2023#102 (2,574)#1,056 (32)—#410 (72)
2022#94 (2,811)#839 (42)—#508 (57)
2021#84 (3,086)#828 (43)—#399 (80)
2020#69 (3,444)#1,200 (27)—#424 (71)
2019#77 (3,441)#936 (38)—#359 (90)
2018#75 (3,570)#886 (42)—#299 (109)
2017#77 (3,596)#855 (45)—#304 (108)
2016#70 (3,871)#975 (37)—#294 (113)
2015#71 (4,006)#891 (41)—#289 (115)
2014#58 (4,356)#907 (41)—#218 (154)
2013#52 (4,475)#802 (48)—#239 (137)
2012#58 (4,248)#779 (50)#451 (3)#242 (141)
2011#66 (3,872)#841 (43)—#224 (143)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #52.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 730 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 730common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Serenity is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 790 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 780 to 1 in 810.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Serenity by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #230WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #313WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #186MNIllinois: #194ILMichigan: #172MINew York: #148NYMassachusetts: #263MAOregon: #199ORNevada: #92NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #173IAIndiana: #114INOhio: #119OHPennsylvania: #103PANew Jersey: #202NJConnecticut: #150CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #162CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #245CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #139MOKentucky: #123KYWest Virginia: #107WVVirginia: #72VAMaryland: #114MDDelaware: #46DEArizona: #144AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #188ARTennessee: #76TNNorth Carolina: #102NCSouth Carolina: #87SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #151OKLouisiana: #61LAMississippi: #28MSAlabama: #95ALGeorgia: #59GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #141TXFlorida: #93FL
Serenity (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#61620

Serenity (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
SerenityCanadaGirls#68344
SerenityEngland & WalesGirls#99734
SerenityNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SerenityUSGirls#1292,209
SerenityUSBoys—too few