How rare is the name Serge?

4,986 people in the United States have the first name Serge, about 1 in 60,576. It ranks #3,919 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SERGE

#3,919

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,986
About
1 in 60,576
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,986 people named Serge, 52.2% reported their origin as White, 40.7% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Serge peaked in 1972, when 39 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1972
Births that year
39
In 2025*
9 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,628 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Serge by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #4,157. The largest share of babies named Serge, 22.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#6,31342
1920s#7,26854
1930s#5,41277
1940s#4,848108
1950s#4,157181
1960s#4,322204
1970s#4,709243
1980s#5,751233
1990s#8,974172
2000s#13,048139
2010s#14,057131
2020s#19,36444
Greatest Generation 1901–274.9%
Silent Generation 1928–459.5%
Baby boom 1946–6420.4%
Generation X 1965–8022.4%
Millennials 1981–9620.3%
Generation Z 1997–1214.2%
2013 and later8.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Serge

#3,917 Katlin · 4,993#3,917 Mikael · 4,993#3,920 Brigette · 4,984#3,920 Carrol · 4,984

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Serge, most common first.

#2,483 Sergey · 9,907#5,615 Sergei · 3,012#27,915 Sergo · 325#28,942 Sergi · 308#39,783 Serg · 189#47,684 Sergie · 136#49,963 Sergeo · 122#50,139 Sergy · 121

Also a last name

As a last name, Serge ranks #54,291 of 156,621, with 410 people. See Serge as a last name

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