Seren

What Seren means

Welsh, meaning “star”

From seren (“star”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Seren” (revision 93000512), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Seren?

US: Steady: #3429 in 2015, #3167 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #132 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 62 girls got the name (#2761 that year). First in the US records in 1981.

How common

• About 1 in 32,145 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,292 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (0.06 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.06 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Seren is #3167 in the US and #238 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 86.2% of US babies named Seren were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Serene130 US · 14 E&W
• Soren38 US
• Sereen22 US · 4 E&W
• Siren12 US
• Saran8 US · 3 E&W
• Sirin5 US · 5 E&W
• Sireen10 US
• Sareen9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Seren

Girls

• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Arleth#269Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,793 in 2015, #269 in 2025
• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Meadow#286Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #673 in 2015, #286 in 2025
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*

For a brother

• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Seren’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.