Serra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Serra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joy, prosperity”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Serra mean?
Arabic: Turkish name, from Arabic sarra' 'prosperity, joy'
“joy, prosperity”
Also a Catalan surname, borne by Junípero Serra, founder of the California missions.
Is Serra a girl's or a boy's name?
Serra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Serra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 girls.
Serra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Serra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Serra, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Serra in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were given Serra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,513, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Serra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Serra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Syeda Dua Ariana Esme Safa Sophia Sienna Croia Alora Aria Amara Coco
Other spellings of Serra
Names related to Serra
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Serra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/serra, updated 20 October 2026.