Given name & surname

Serapio

Serapio is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Serapio isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Serapio through the years

Babies since 1880
291
291 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1925
14 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
010203040192019401960198020002025Highest share 19050.0
Serapio in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1905–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 594 as a first name in 2020; 259 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Serapio’s family of names

In Italian usage, Serapio has a feminine form in SERAPIA.

Walk Serapio’s family in the name graph

SerapioSerapiaSerapiSerapione

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Serapio, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old-fashioned

Celestino

“from heaven”

26RareSteady

>99% boys

Latin · Literary

Silvio

“a woodland dweller”

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>99% boys

Old-fashioned

Florencio

Florencio is a surname. It is used in English, Spanish, and Cebuano.

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>99% boys

Italian · Old-fashioned

Santo

“a holy man”

27RareRising fast

>99% boys

Hebrew

Cephas

“as solid as a rock”

22RareEasing

>99% boys

Spanish · Old-fashioned

Margarito

“resembling a pearl”

22RareRising

>99% boys

Italian · Old-fashioned

Gennaro

“born of Janus”

22RareRising

>99% boys

Old-fashioned

Enrico

“home” · “power”

24RareEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Serapio’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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