boys:
1.6k births since 1914
#3069 (33rd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1914
#6137 (21st percentile)
The name Serge is the #6,137 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,609 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 20.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,069 (33.0% percentile) for all time with 1,609 births since 1914.
Serge first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Serge is available in 105 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Serge reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #627) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 23 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Serge ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 11.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Serge".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Serge. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Serge is pronounced as serj, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is serzh, at 12.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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