Syrena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sih-REE-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Syrena is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “mermaid”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Syrena mean?
Greek: Polish word for mermaid, from Greek seiren; also a spelling of Sirena
“mermaid”
A mermaid with sword and shield, the Syrenka, is the symbol of Warsaw.
Is Syrena a girl's or a boy's name?
Syrena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Syrena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Syrena, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Syrena in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were given Syrena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,301, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
- Sirena 45
- Syrena 16
Syrena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Syrena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Selena, Sophia, Sienna, Ariana, Solana, Mckenna, Brianna, Sierra, Serena, Kiara, Melina, Alessandra
Other spellings of Syrena
Names related to Syrena
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Syrena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/syrena, updated 20 October 2026.