# Serena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/serena/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “serene” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Serene |
| US babies named this | 47,466 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 47,450 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,775, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the name of an early Christian saint, Latin serena (“serene”).

## What it means

Serena is grouped under peace.

## 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 | 682 | 448 |
| 2012 | 716 | 436 |
| 2013 | 744 | 410 |
| 2014 | 704 | 456 |
| 2015 | 782 | 410 |
| 2016 | 720 | 448 |
| 2017 | 768 | 415 |
| 2018 | 780 | 393 |
| 2019 | 748 | 424 |
| 2020 | 725 | 423 |
| 2021 | 810 | 388 |
| 2022 | 814 | 386 |
| 2023 | 821 | 375 |
| 2024 | 942 | 331 |
| 2025 | 942 | 325 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 5,323 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,741 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 129 | 365 |
| 2012 | 137 | 350 |
| 2013 | 104 | 408 |
| 2014 | 86 | 494 |
| 2015 | 106 | 417 |
| 2016 | 93 | 468 |
| 2017 | 101 | 433 |
| 2018 | 94 | 458 |
| 2019 | 103 | 409 |
| 2020 | 116 | 378 |
| 2021 | 115 | 389 |
| 2022 | 131 | 328 |
| 2023 | 101 | 408 |
| 2024 | 141 | 305 |
| 2025 | 111 | 381 |

## People named Serena

- Serena Williams, American tennis player (born 1981)
- Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut
- Serena Scott Thomas, British actress
- Serena Deeb, American professional wrestler
- Serena Gordon, British actress
- Serena Amato, Argentine sailor
- Serena Ryder, Canadian singer and musician
- Serena, American pornographic actress and model
- Serena Lederer, Austrian Jewish art collector, refugee from Nazis (1867-1943)
- Serena Shim, American journalist
- Serena-Lynn Geldof, Belgian basketball player (born 1997)
- Serena Evans, British actress

## 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.