Serena
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Serena
Serena, a name used since Roman times, was given fresh life by tennis star Williams, and then again with the leading character on Gossip Girl, Serena van der Woodsen. There have also been Serenas on soap operas and other shows from Bewitched to Law & Order.
And pre-TV, there was the damsel in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen and Serena Merle in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady.
Serena is also given to boys.
Pronounced suh-REE-nah.
As of October 2026, Serena ranked #325 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #209 in 2000, Nameberry popularity #366.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #456 | 704 | 394.1 |
| 2015 | #410 | 782 | 438.1 |
| 2016 | #448 | 720 | 406.3 |
| 2017 | #415 | 768 | 444.8 |
| 2018 | #393 | 780 | 458.5 |
| 2019 | #424 | 748 | 445.7 |
| 2020 | #421 | 725 | 448.5 |
| 2021 | #387 | 810 | 493.6 |
| 2022 | #386 | 812 | 495.1 |
| 2023 | #375 | 820 | 511 |
| 2024 | #332 | 938 | 578.9 |
| 2025 | #325 | 942 | 586.1 |
World rankings
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Serena on lists
Famous Serenas
- Serena Jameka WilliamsGirl
American pro tennis player
- Serena AltschulGirl
American journalist
- Serena OrtolaniGirl
Italian volleyball player
- Serena DeebGirl
American pro wrestler
- Serena RyderGirl
Canadian singer,songwriter
Serena in pop culture
- Serena Celia van der WoodsenGirl
character in the "Gossip Girl" series
- Serena PembertonGirl
main character in Ron Rash's "Serena" and 2013 film
- Serena ButlerGirl
character in "Legends of Dune" series
- Serena SoutherlynGirl
character on TV's "Law & Order"
- Serena BaldwinGirl
character on American soaps "General Hospital" and "Port Charles"
- Serena "Bunny" TsukinoGirl
aka Sailor Moon, main character in anime "Sailor Moon"
- Dr. Serena WarrenGirl
character on TV's "Miami Medical"
- SerenaGirl
a main character in Pokemon X and Y
- Serena BishopGirl
character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
- Serena CampbellGirl
character on British TV series "Holby City"
- Serena BensonGirl
Olivia's mother on TV's "Law & Order: SVU"
- Serena JoyGirl
the Commander's wife in Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"
- SerenaGirl
cousin of Samantha on TV's "Bewitched"
- SerenaGirl
swan in E.B. White's "The Trumpet of the Swan"
- Serena PageGirl
Contestant and overall winner on season 6 of Love Island USA