Serena

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning calm, peaceful, tranquil.

Babies a year
761
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#325
up from #332
UK popularity
#381
111 babies · down from #305

How Serena has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#287#387#486201520202025#325

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#411
2016#448
2017#415
2018#392
2019#423
2020#421
2021#388
2022#386
2023#375
2024#332
2025#325

Serena by the numbers

In 2025, 111 babies in England and Wales were named Serena. In the US, 761 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 1,504 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 1,300 American girls born that year was called Serena.

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Serena as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Serena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
  • Serenstar; from Welsh seren196 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Serenecalm, peaceful, tranquil92 in the US (2017)
  • Serinaserene or tranquil; a form of Serena56 in the US (2017)
  • Sirenasiren; a mythological sea creature43 in the US (2017)
  • Seranaserene, tranquil; feminine form of Serano11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Serena

Names that are said the same way as Serena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Serennacalm, serene, peaceful5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cerena7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean peace

Like Serena, each of these has peace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
  • Serenitythe state of being serene or peaceful3,543 in the US (2017)
  • Freddiepeaceful ruler; from Frederick2,526 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
  • Harmonyharmony, agreement, concordance1,694 in the US (2017)
  • Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Serena

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