# Sera (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sera/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “lady”, “princess”, “sarai” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,616 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,616 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 112, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (sará, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

## What it means

Sera is grouped under queen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 3,710 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,087 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,146 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,147 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,395 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,266 |
| 2017 | 17 | 7,052 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,440 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,592 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,962 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,967 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,431 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,887 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,155 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,082 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Sera

- Sera Gamble, American television producer and writer
- Sera Cahoone, American singer-songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.