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Serge

Gender
Boy
Say it
SAIRZH
Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#8,239 for boys

Serge is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).

What does Serge mean?

Latin: French form of Sergius, a Roman family name

The French form of Sergius, a Roman family name of uncertain, possibly Etruscan, origin.

Is Serge a girl's or a boy's name?

Serge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Serge in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.

Half of all the boys named Serge in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 7 in 20172022
Serge in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20224#4,195
20216#3,179
20200–
20197#2,878
20180–
20177#2,875
20165#3,655
20152#6,166
20144#4,063
20134#4,008
20123#4,999
20116#3,038
20103#4,865
20095#3,395
20080–
20074#3,748
20063#4,204
20054#3,330
20046#2,399
20030–
20024#2,751
20013#3,255
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19966#1,840

How popular is Serge in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,239among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 190,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Serge, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the boys named Serge in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

1914Busiest: 39 in 19722025
Serge in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
202410#7,760
20235#12,232
20220–
20218#8,820
202012#6,616
201913#6,401
201817#5,316
201713#6,334
201617#5,314
20156#10,638
201415#5,729
201311#7,021
201210#7,553
201116#5,429
201013#6,353
200911#7,231
200813#6,388
200718#4,994
200619#4,671
20059#7,633
200417#4,788
200311#6,251
200212#5,718
200116#4,670
200013#5,290
199919#3,829
199823#3,292
199711#5,282
199617#3,824
199519#3,426
199415#4,088
199317#3,655
199215#3,912
199117#3,456
199019#3,160
198920#2,983
198823#2,504
198722#2,464
198617#2,888
198525#2,170
198421#2,363
198319#2,492
198229#1,889
198135#1,660
198022#2,284
197919#2,464
197818#2,472
197727#1,858
197619#2,328
197519#2,287
197419#2,197
197324#1,817
197239#1,348
197129#1,636
197030#1,545
196913#2,414
196824#1,613
196720#1,757
196623#1,612
196520#1,773
196411#2,545
196319#1,838
196221#1,756
196126#1,569
196027#1,551
195918#1,915
195821#1,723
195727#1,510
195627#1,510
195516#1,978
195419#1,761
195315#2,037
195211#2,374
195112#2,245
195015#1,940
194914#2,021
194813#2,114
194711#2,355
19469#2,533
194513#1,925
194412#2,079
194316#1,832
19428#2,711
19417#2,871
19405#3,458
19399#2,449
19388#2,646
193712#2,088
19369#2,451
19350–
19347#2,972
19338#2,737
193212#2,191
19315#3,761
19307#3,287
19297#3,245
19289#2,842
19270–
19269#2,902
19257#3,406
19249#3,022
19230–
19220–
19218#3,213
19205#4,284
19197#3,390
19188#3,095
19176#3,543
19167#3,176
19158#2,828
19146#2,914

Names like Serge

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Serge: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/serge, updated 20 October 2026.