# Serge (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/serge/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,628 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,628 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 75, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | 6,645 |
| 2011 | 16 | 5,637 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,042 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,470 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,947 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,857 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,521 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,609 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,505 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,714 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,976 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,547 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,847 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,222 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,794 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 2,304 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Serge

- Serge Gainsbourg, French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
- Serge Haroche, French physicist, Nobel laureate
- Serge Gnabry, German association football player
- Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
- Serge Dassault, French businessman and politician (1925–2018)
- Serge Reggiani, French singer and actor (1922–2004)
- Serge Lang, French-American mathematician (1927–2005)
- Serge Telle, French civil servant, Minister of State of Monaco from 2016 to 2020
- Serge Gakpé, French and Togolese footballer
- Serge Bourguignon, French film director and screenwriter
- Serge Akakpo, French and Togolese footballer
- Serge Blanco, French rugby union player

## 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.