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How popular is “Serena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Serena” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Serena” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Serena” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Serena” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Serena” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Serena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Serena” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 13 0.000064521 13 100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 100%
1896 28 0.000078325 28 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 100%
1900 31 0.000068849 31 100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 100%
1905 20 0.000047178 20 100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 100%
1908 25 0.000051161 25 100%
1909 24 0.000046946 24 100%
1910 31 0.000052479 31 100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 100%
1912 31 0.000031375 31 100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 100%
1914 35 0.000024712 35 100%
1915 38 0.000020738 38 100%
1916 43 0.000022229 43 100%
1917 57 0.000028404 57 100%
1918 48 0.000022108 48 100%
1919 35 0.000016586 35 100%
1920 51 0.00002254 51 100%
1921 46 0.000019704 46 100%
1922 41 0.000017911 41 100%
1923 37 0.00001607 37 100%
1924 35 0.000014696 35 100%
1925 50 0.000021429 50 100%
1926 30 0.000013067 30 100%
1927 41 0.000017677 41 100%
1928 47 0.000020788 47 100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 100%
1930 27 0.000012144 27 100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 100%
1932 27 0.000012788 27 100%
1933 34 0.000017005 34 100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 100%
1935 33 0.00001579 33 100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 100%
1937 36 0.000016896 36 100%
1938 59 0.000026666 59 100%
1939 49 0.000022238 49 100%
1940 56 0.000024319 56 100%
1941 37 0.000015186 37 100%
1942 59 0.000021597 59 100%
1943 47 0.000016652 47 100%
1944 67 0.000024906 67 100%
1945 59 0.00002224 59 100%
1946 70 0.000021907 70 100%
1947 66 0.000018322 66 100%
1948 66 0.000019116 66 100%
1949 68 0.000019513 68 100%
1950 70 0.000019981 70 100%
1951 84 0.000022803 84 100%
1952 84 0.000022117 84 100%
1953 79 0.0000205 79 100%
1954 84 0.000021102 84 100%
1955 125 0.000031133 125 100%
1956 98 0.000023769 98 100%
1957 116 0.000027605 116 100%
1958 151 0.000036527 151 100%
1959 163 0.000039202 163 100%
1960 115 0.000027685 115 100%
1961 142 0.00003428 142 100%
1962 169 0.00004188 169 100%
1963 180 0.000045475 180 100%
1964 203 0.000052217 203 100%
1965 181 0.000049925 181 100%
1966 200 0.000057543 200 100%
1967 261 0.00007688 261 100%
1968 441 0.000130535 441 100%
1969 676 0.000194514 676 100%
1970 644 0.000178566 639 5 98%
1971 587 0.00017102 587 100%
1972 450 0.000143176 450 100%
1973 404 0.000133913 404 100%
1974 387 0.000127303 387 100%
1975 444 0.000147049 444 100%
1976 453 0.000149293 453 100%
1977 507 0.00015961 507 100%
1978 471 0.000148399 471 100%
1979 502 0.000150887 502 100%
1980 630 0.0001829 630 100%
1981 535 0.000154652 535 100%
1982 594 0.000169329 594 100%
1983 596 0.000172088 596 100%
1984 577 0.000165389 577 100%
1985 571 0.000159984 566 5 98%
1986 453 0.000127352 453 100%
1987 448 0.000124251 448 100%
1988 416 0.000112583 416 100%
1989 454 0.000118092 448 6 97%
1990 477 0.000120684 477 100%
1991 498 0.000127848 498 100%
1992 500 0.000130165 500 100%
1993 546 0.000144817 546 100%
1994 620 0.000166772 620 100%
1995 831 0.000226916 831 100%
1996 925 0.00025362 925 100%
1997 1206 0.000332621 1206 100%
1998 1401 0.000380892 1401 100%
1999 1440 0.000389835 1440 100%
2000 1504 0.000397894 1504 100%
2001 1296 0.00034621 1296 100%
2002 1306 0.000349357 1306 100%
2003 1277 0.000335848 1277 100%
2004 1063 0.000278205 1063 100%
2005 869 0.000226017 869 100%
2006 810 0.000204742 810 100%
2007 814 0.000203618 814 100%
2008 882 0.00022439 882 100%
2009 813 0.000212817 813 100%
2010 687 0.00018589 687 100%
2011 682 0.000186451 682 100%
2012 716 0.000195769 716 100%
2013 744 0.000204078 744 100%
2014 704 0.000189943 704 100%
2015 782 0.000211299 782 100%
2016 720 0.000196255 720 100%
2017 768 0.000214753 768 100%
2018 780 0.00022185 780 100%
2019 748 0.000215504 748 100%
2020 725 0.000217028 725 100%
2021 810 0.000239083 810 100%
2022 812 0.000240014 812 100%
2023 820 0.000247645 820 100%
2024 938 0.000281809 938 100%

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