Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sera

#5,144 most common girls' name of all time · #8,715 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1954–2025

Rank among girls
#5,144
Rank overall
#8,715 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,616
Since 2016
179
Peak year
1997 #1,920
Best rank
#1,920 1997
Girls Boys peak 76/yr
1960198020002020

Sera first appears in 1954. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 20 — 20 #5,964
2024 10 — 10 #9,685
2023 17 — 17 #6,736
2022 19 — 19 #6,288
2021 14 — 14 #7,701
2020 9 — 9 #10,396
2019 23 — 23 #5,491
2018 24 — 24 #5,356
2017 17 — 17 #6,863
2016 26 — 26 #5,180
2015 33 — 33 #4,324
2014 27 — 27 #5,065
2013 36 — 36 #4,103
2012 28 — 28 #5,006
2011 42 — 42 #3,677
2010 39 — 39 #3,907
2009 42 — 42 #3,753
2008 39 — 39 #4,033
2007 37 — 37 #4,143
2006 50 — 50 #3,275
2005 48 — 48 #3,229
2004 57 — 57 #2,819
2003 58 — 58 #2,718
2002 62 — 62 #2,535
2001 66 — 66 #2,395
2000 53 — 53 #2,754
1999 72 — 72 #2,120
1998 73 — 73 #2,032
1997 76 — 76 #1,920
1996 64 — 64 #2,139
1995 26 — 26 #4,022
1994 23 — 23 #4,424
1993 25 — 25 #4,165
1992 20 — 20 #4,917
1991 22 — 22 #4,557
1990 21 — 21 #4,588
1989 30 — 30 #3,436
1988 25 — 25 #3,741
1987 25 — 25 #3,577
1986 23 — 23 #3,697
1985 20 — 20 #4,042
1984 7 — 7 #8,458
1983 16 — 16 #4,578
1982 13 — 13 #5,348
1981 18 — 18 #4,243
1980 19 — 19 #4,069
1979 16 — 16 #4,521
1978 17 — 17 #4,158
1977 16 — 16 #4,340
1976 13 — 13 #4,754
1975 9 — 9 #6,205
1974 7 — 7 #7,223
1972 5 — 5 #8,795
1970 9 — 9 #5,640
1962 5 — 5 #7,247
1954 5 — 5 #6,593