Fun Facts About the Name Serenity
- More than 77 thousand babies named Serenity: U.S. records list 77,545 babies given the name Serenity from 1880 through 2025. Even 75 boys received the name Serenity - about 1 boy for every 1,033 girls.
What Does the Name Serenity Mean?
Serenity means "tranquility" or "calmness" and comes from Latin. The Latin noun serenitas meant calmness, serenity, or clearness, and it was formed from the adjective serenus, which described clear, bright, cloudless weather and skies and, by extension, a calm or untroubled state. English took the word by way of Old French (serenité) and used it first as an ordinary noun.
Because the given name is the English noun itself, unchanged in form, its meaning as a name is simply the word's everyday sense. There is no separate root or compressed phrase behind it, and the derivation is not disputed. The related adjective serene and the honorific use of Serenissima as a title for Venice and of "Serene Highness" for royalty come from the same Latin source, but those are uses of the word rather than developments of the personal name.
Serenity Name History & Origins
Serenity belongs to the English tradition of virtue names: abstract nouns such as Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, Patience, and Temperance that were given to children, particularly by Puritan families in the 16th and 17th centuries. The older virtue names arose out of Christian moral vocabulary; Serenity was not among them. It enters English given-name use much later, in the later 20th century, when word names of this kind again became common.
The underlying word, however, is old. Latin serenitas was used for calm, clear conditions, and the derived title Serenissima was applied to the Republic of Venice, while "Serene Highness" survives as a European honorific style. The English noun has been in ordinary use since the Middle Ages. As a personal name it also appears in recent popular culture, notably as the name of a spaceship in the television series Firefly (2002 - 2003) and in the film Serenity (2005).
How Popular is the Name Serenity?
Serenity recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2013. Serenity entered the top 100 U.S. girl names in 2009.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #129 | 2,209 | 0.1374% |
| 2024 | #117 | 2,342 | 0.1452% |
| 2023 | #103 | 2,566 | 0.1601% |
| 2022 | #94 | 2,808 | 0.1713% |
| 2021 | #84 | 3,082 | 0.1880% |
| 2020 | #69 | 3,435 | 0.2126% |
| 2019 | #78 | 3,436 | 0.2048% |
| 2018 | #76 | 3,566 | 0.2097% |
| 2017 | #78 | 3,592 | 0.2081% |
| 2016 | #70 | 3,865 | 0.2182% |
| 2015 | #71 | 4,001 | 0.2242% |
| 2014 | #58 | 4,352 | 0.2437% |
| 2013 | #52 | 4,471 | 0.2548% |
| 2012 | #58 | 4,248 | 0.2413% |
| 2011 | #66 | 3,870 | 0.2200% |
| 2010 | #83 | 3,484 | 0.1960% |
| 2009 | #93 | 3,488 | 0.1899% |
| 2008 | #111 | 3,121 | 0.1651% |
| 2007 | #126 | 2,738 | 0.1424% |
| 2006 | #134 | 2,601 | 0.1368% |
| 2005 | #168 | 1,989 | 0.1076% |
| 2004 | #191 | 1,786 | 0.0973% |
| 2003 | #234 | 1,413 | 0.0773% |
| 2002 | #290 | 1,074 | 0.0598% |
| 2001 | #377 | 784 | 0.0435% |
| 2000 | #433 | 654 | 0.0360% |
| 1999 | #497 | 524 | 0.0295% |
| 1998 | #843 | 253 | 0.0143% |
| 1997 | #979 | 200 | 0.0115% |
| 1996 | #1,193 | 152 | 0.0087% |
| 1995 | #1,316 | 127 | 0.0072% |
| 1994 | #1,439 | 111 | 0.0062% |
| 1993 | #1,691 | 89 | 0.0049% |
| 1992 | #1,640 | 93 | 0.0050% |
| 1991 | #2,234 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 1990 | #2,024 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 1989 | #2,563 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1988 | #2,238 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 1987 | #2,837 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1986 | #2,073 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 1985 | #2,473 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1984 | #2,562 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1983 | #2,509 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1982 | #2,142 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 1981 | #1,752 | 65 | 0.0039% |
| 1980 | #1,879 | 58 | 0.0035% |
| 1979 | #1,871 | 57 | 0.0036% |
| 1978 | #1,500 | 76 | 0.0050% |
| 1977 | #1,555 | 70 | 0.0046% |
| 1976 | #1,510 | 69 | 0.0047% |
| 1975 | #2,398 | 34 | 0.0023% |
| 1974 | #2,819 | 26 | 0.0018% |
| 1973 | #4,532 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1972 | #7,120 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | #13,801 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #11,984 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #13,864 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #10,541 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #11,919 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,572 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #9,456 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #11,950 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #12,306 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #13,673 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2004 | #8,054 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #12,191 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Serenity Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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