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Serenity

Pronounced S ER0 EH1 N AH0 T IY0 (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 2013
  • 53 years in use
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How popular is Serenity?

Serenity is a girls' name, and first appears in 1972. It has been given to 75,387 children — the 437th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2013, when 4,476 children were given it.

01,2502,5003,7505,00019801990200020102020
2013Girls: 4,476Boys: 6

Characteristics

  • 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
S ER0 EH1 N AH0 T IY0
Stress pattern:
0100
Syllables:
4

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Serenity

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Serenity

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Serenity?
Serenity ranks 437th among girls' names in US records, with 75,387 births since 1972. Over the past decade it accounts for 32,722.
Is Serenity a unisex name?
No. Serenity is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Serenity most popular?
2013, when 4,476 children were given the name. It has been in use for 53 years and is still recorded as of 2024.