Serene
Feminine · “clear”
Serene is a word about weather before it is a word about people — the Latin serenus described a clear sky, and the calm mind came later by metaphor.
How old is the name Serene?
Serene first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Serene alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 3,100 people named Serene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Serene most popular?
Serene peaked in 2025, reaching #1605 nationally. Today it ranks #1605, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From serenus to Serene
The story of Serene
Serena was a Roman name and that of a fourth-century saint, and it has been in English use for centuries. The adjective Serene is a separate and more recent American development, part of the virtue and mood word-names — Serenity, Grace, Hope, Harmony — that rose from the 1990s. It appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
clear, calm, untroubled
From the Latin serenus, 'clear' or 'fair', used first of weather and of the sky. The extension to a calm temperament is a later development in Latin itself. The related Serena is the older name; Serene is the English adjective used directly. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- serenus
- serene
- Serene
Related forms: Serena · Serena · Sereine
Pronouncing Serene
suh-REEN
Two syllables, stress on the second. Serena has three with the stress in the middle.
Nicknames for Serene
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1914
- Most girls named
- 2025130 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1605reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- +6.6%130 in 2025, from 122
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Serene in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Serena in English — related form
- Serena in Italian — related form
- Sereine in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Serenes among us
people named Serene are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 12,364 born in 2025 was named Serene
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jiya test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Serene's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jiya climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jiya's path sketches the road Serene is walking now.
Serene is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Serene is headed
Serene looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Serene beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Serene in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The clear-sky etymology is concrete and more interesting than the modern sense.
- Serena is available as a fuller form with a long documented record.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It is an ordinary English adjective and reads as one.
- Serena and Serenity are both commoner and close in sound.
- It carries an expectation the bearer has no control over.
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Frequently asked
- How many Serenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Serene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Serene in 2025?
- Serene ranks #1605 among US girl names in 2025, with 130 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Serene?
- About 1 in every 12,364 US girls born in 2025 was named Serene — 130 in all.
- Will my child share the name Serene with classmates?
- Serene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Serene
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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