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Serina

Feminine · “calm”

1918high 1998
#4172 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare34 girls in 2025

Serina comes from the Latin serenus, calm — and the word originally described weather, specifically a clear sky with no wind.

How old is the name Serina?

Serina first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Serina alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 5,700 people named Serina are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Serina most popular?

Serina peaked in 1970, reaching #953 nationally. Today it ranks #4172, 3,219 places below that high. See the whole 1970 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Serina

Serenus described a cloudless sky and a calm sea, and the extension to a calm temperament came later — the English serene followed the same path. Serena was a Roman name and became Christian through a martyr said to have been Diocletian's wife. Serina is a spelling used in Spanish, Italian and American records and appears in real numbers from the 1960s.

Meaning

calm, clear, untroubled

From Latin serenus, clear or fair, used of weather before it was used of people; the same word gives English serene and the Italian sereno. The Roman name Serenus was in use before Christianity.

How the name formed

  1. serenus
  2. Serena
  3. Serina

Related forms: Serena · Serena · Serena

Pronouncing Serina

suh-REE-nah

Three syllables with the stress in the middle. There is little variation.

Nicknames for Serina

Moderate

RinaTakes the back of the name
SeriThe front of the name
ReniA contracted household form
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1918–202521410702143419182025

US babies named Serina per year from 1918 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#9531910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1918
Most girls named
1998214 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#953reached in 1970
Change vs 2023
−10.5%34 in 2025, from 38
Serina sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1998, with 214 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Serina in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Serena in English — spelling variant
  • Serena in Italian — same name
  • Serena in Spanish — same name

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Serinas among us

5,700

people named Serina are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 47,273 born in 2025 was named Serina

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Serina

#4172
Serina on the 2025 chart
#913
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Serina went to 34 girls in 2025, but Cerina and Seryna are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 47, which makes it the 913th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,259 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 34,197 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 47,273 for Serina itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Fumiko test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Serina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Fumiko climbed just as high around 1923, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Fumiko's path sketches the road Serina is walking now.

40%chance Serina will feel dated by 2040
Serina, aligned on its peakFumiko· peak 1923not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+60 yrsFumiko · #10912Serina today
Serina today is about where Fumiko stood in 1978 — 55 years past a #953-sized peak. Within 15 years, Fumiko had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Serina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Serina is headed

19182030

US babies named Serina per year, 1918 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Serina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+3% by 2030projected around #4,160 in 2030

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.

Serina beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Serina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Serinathis name34#4172Roseanna34#4172Elida34#4172Neila34#4172Savina34#4172

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • A settled Latin meaning with a genuinely good weather image behind it.
  • Rina is a complete short form in several languages.
  • Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
What to consider
  • Serena is the standard spelling and will be offered as a correction.
  • It is close to Sabrina, Serena and Selina, which are separate names.
  • It is strongly associated with one American decade.

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Frequently asked

How many Serinas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,700 people named Serina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Serina?
Serina is the most-used spelling in US records — 34 of the 47 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Cerina and Seryna.
How popular is the name Serina in 2025?
Serina ranks #4172 among US girl names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Serina?
About 1 in every 47,273 US girls born in 2025 was named Serina — 34 in all.
Will my child share the name Serina with classmates?
Serina will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Serina

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