Seren

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Seren: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Seren: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #104 in 2012, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#104highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#539
1997	#520
1998	#552
1999	#346
2000	#285
2001	#305
2002	#273
2003	#261
2004	#260
2005	#192
2006	#181
2007	#156
2008	#126
2009	#121
2010	#137
2011	#127
2012	#104
2013	#109
2014	#119
2015	#132
2016	#145
2017	#168
2018	#181
2019	#196
2020	#214
2021	#218
2022	#226
2023	#269
2024	#260

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #260 among girls in England and Wales, #441 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #541 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #539 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #104 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Seren appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 7,809 births with the name.

Seren across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Seren's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#539 (1996)	#104 (2012)	#260 (2024)	29 of 29	7,809 (1996–2024)	550 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1949 (2001)	#4608 (2020)	7 of 24	24 (1997–2020)	6 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#620 (2002)	#353 (2014)	#718 (2025)	20 of 24	142 (2002–2025)	13 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#384 (2006)	#312 (2015)	#336 (2019)	10 of 14	36 (2006–2019)	5 (2014)

Seren by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Seren in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	239	4 of 10	60
2000s	2,486	10 of 10	249
2010sbusiest	4,067	10 of 10	407
2020s	1,017	5 of 10	203

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 407 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 92, from 167 to 259.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Seren appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #104 in England and Wales in 2012.

Seren's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#260	185	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#269	167	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#226	207	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#218	229	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#214	229	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#196	249	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#181	290	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#168	328	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#145	378	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#132	428	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#119	468	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#109	494	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#104	550	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#127	459	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#137	423	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#121	447	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#126	414	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#156	348	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#181	294	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#192	259	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#260	167	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#261	161	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#273	144	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#305	120	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#285	132	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#346	93	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#552	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#520	51	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#539	46	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#586	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #104, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 550 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Sereen · #2888, 12y
Serena · #159, 61y
Serene · #1805, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amaya · #104, 29y
Ayaan · #104, 27y
Caiden · #103, 29y
Esmae · #102, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alesha · #104, 29y
Amaya · #104, 29y
Ayaan · #104, 27y
Caiden · #103, 29y

Seren was ranked #104 in England and Wales · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Seren and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Seren without appearing here.

Seren moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #285 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #305 and #871.
Karen Compare
In 1998 they stood at #552 and #508 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #346 and #691.
Diane Compare
In 2008 they stood at #505 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #439 and #742.
Levi Compare
In 1998 they stood at #552 and #522 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #346 and #594.

Moved ahead of Seren

Maeve Compare
In 2019 they stood at #196 and #218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #214 and #94.
Astrid Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #718 and #608.
Bailey Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #736 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #718 and #608.
Liv Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #718 and #608.

Moved the opposite way to Seren

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Seren

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Seren went from #539 to #260 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #104 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Seren

Seren at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Seren across 4 official records

Seren by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Seren appears in

Popularity data

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Seren at a glance

Seren across 4 official records

Seren by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Seren appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Seren

Seren and the names beside it

Seren moved ahead of

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