Serah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEER-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Serah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “abundance”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Serah mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“abundance”
In Genesis, Serah is the daughter of Asher and one of the few women named among Jacob's family.
Is Serah a girl's or a boy's name?
Serah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Serah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 148% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Serah, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Serah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Serah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
- Serah 11
- Sera 10
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Serah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
How popular is Serah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Serah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Serah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were given Serah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,513, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Serah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Serah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Aaliyah Summer Nusaybah Sumayyah Hafsa Hiba Safaa Farah Safiya
Other spellings of Serah
Names related to Serah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Serah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/serah, updated 20 October 2026.