Serenity, one of the trendiest word names of the 2000s, comes from the English word serenity, which Merriam-Webster defines as "a state of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude." It first appeared on the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for girl names in 1997, was a top-200 girl's name in the U.S. by 2004 and a top-100 girl's name between 2009 and 2022 before falling back out of the top-100 in 2023. It's the name former NFL wide receiver Chad "OchoCinco" Johnson chose for his daughter Serenity "Hurricane" Paula, born in 2022.
