Serene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- se-REEN
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,605 for girls
Serene is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “calm, peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 1,605th for girls in the US (130 babies).
What does Serene mean?
English: English word, from Latin serenus
“calm, peaceful”
From the English word for calm, from Latin serenus, 'clear, unclouded', which also gives the names Serena and Serenity.
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Is Serene a girl's or a boy's name?
Serene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 130 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Serene in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Serene, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Serene in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Serene in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Serene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,605among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 130about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 130 girls in the US were named Serene, making it the 1,605th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had the most girls named Serene of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Serene in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Serene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,605 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,698 |
| 2023 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | 120 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 81 | #2,249 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,404 |
| 2017 | 92 | #2,097 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,395 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,457 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Serene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scarlett Willow Harper Autumn Ivy Maeve Sylvie Phoebe Hope Daphne Esme Lily
Names related to Serene
Seren Serena Serenna Sereen Shereen Serine Seryn Sereena Serenah
More English names
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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, “Serene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/serene, updated 20 October 2026.