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.

Serita

#6,255 most common girls' name of all time · #10,567 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1935–2002

Rank among girls
#6,255
Rank overall
#10,567 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
1,196
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1982 #2,170
Best rank
#2,007 1966
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
1940196019802000

Serita first appears in 1935. 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
2002 5 — 5 #15,718
2000 8 — 8 #10,906
1999 8 — 8 #10,494
1998 14 — 14 #6,792
1997 7 — 7 #11,003
1996 5 — 5 #13,827
1995 6 — 6 #12,007
1993 12 — 12 #7,133
1992 9 — 9 #8,885
1991 17 — 17 #5,450
1990 13 — 13 #6,538
1989 14 — 14 #5,928
1988 20 — 20 #4,353
1987 26 — 26 #3,457
1986 22 — 22 #3,804
1985 22 — 22 #3,761
1984 25 — 25 #3,367
1983 36 — 36 #2,530
1982 47 — 47 #2,170
1981 39 — 39 #2,465
1980 35 — 35 #2,672
1979 31 — 31 #2,820
1978 22 — 22 #3,431
1977 31 — 31 #2,690
1976 14 — 14 #4,451
1975 28 — 28 #2,712
1974 39 — 39 #2,113
1973 19 — 19 #3,399
1972 16 — 16 #3,793
1971 41 — 41 #2,052
1970 27 — 27 #2,669
1969 25 — 25 #2,673
1968 19 — 19 #3,013
1967 30 — 30 #2,195
1966 34 — 34 #2,007
1965 32 — 32 #2,089
1964 28 — 28 #2,323
1963 34 — 34 #2,047
1962 33 — 33 #2,059
1961 26 — 26 #2,394
1960 26 — 26 #2,353
1959 19 — 19 #2,730
1958 23 — 23 #2,429
1957 25 — 25 #2,259
1956 17 — 17 #2,899
1955 18 — 18 #2,694
1954 19 — 19 #2,572
1953 17 — 17 #2,670
1952 9 — 9 #4,017
1951 11 — 11 #3,422
1950 9 — 9 #3,876
1949 13 — 13 #2,971
1948 6 — 6 #5,052
1947 8 — 8 #4,256
1946 13 — 13 #2,856
1945 6 — 6 #4,396
1944 9 — 9 #3,343
1943 5 — 5 #5,213
1942 6 — 6 #4,532
1941 10 — 10 #3,019
1935 8 — 8 #3,429