Ceren

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Ceren has been given to 52 babies in the U.S. since 1991. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2011, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Ceren, 2014

1 in 741,000

Ceren over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ceren: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ceren means

Ceren is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ceren is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 52 girls were recorded with the name Ceren between 1991 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2011; its best national rank was #11,202 in 2001.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ceren?

Ceren had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 741,000; 5 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ceren sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ceren. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cerens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ceren was born before 2006 — so the typical Ceren is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 63.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 52; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 63.5% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Ceren rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2011 (9)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 12.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,202; 2001

Spellings of Ceren

Ceren is not the most common spelling — Helen is, with 36.8% against Ceren's <0.01%.

Helen36.8%1,024,202
Karen35.5%987,989
Erin11.4%316,575
Carmen5.1%142,795
Eden1.9%52,434
Serena1.7%47,450
Fern1.4%37,666
Wren0.49%13,641

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ceren around the world

Where Ceren ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2017
#3,583
in 2017
France
1989–2024
#5,339
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ceren by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,202; 2001
Peak year: 2011; 9 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 52
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ceren

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cersei Cereza Cerai Yaren Auren Ceres Cerah Ceria Amren Syren Cerelia Ceriah Siren Evren Ceri Cerra Miren Teren Ceresa Cerys Cerria Cerita Doren Ceretha

Sibling names for Ceren

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elin Lilyanna Samiyah Adelle Kamille Kyndall Lillianna Leigha

For a brother

Jadiel Amare Jorden Semaj Giovani Xzavier Jerimiah Rylee

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