Meaning not yet researched.
Selena: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,170 in 2025. Its best rank was #91 in 1995.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #91 in 1995; #268 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Selena in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#268 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1995, at #91.
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Selena: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,170 girls in 2025. Peak: #91 in 1995 · most girls in one year: 3,825 (1995).
In 2025, 1,170 US girls were named Selena, making it the 268th most common girls’ name of the year, down 23 places from #245 in 2024. That is 124 fewer than the 1,294 girls named Selena in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #91, reached in 1995. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,825. For comparison, it was #321 in 2015 and #1,222 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Selena in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 5 babies with the name. In all, 59,944 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 15,077 babies named Selena.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,831 US girls were named Selena; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 1,453. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,374 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Selena ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #75 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Selina (19,225 babies since 1880), Selene (9,718 babies since 1880), Salena (5,163 babies since 1880) and Celina (16,301 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Zelena, Sylena and Zelina are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Zelena (403), Sylena (340), Zelina (337), Seleena (215), Sylina (174), Silena (145), Selyna (138), Syleena (117), Celyna (61), Seleana (45), Celaena (43), Selenna (36), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Selena in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 17 | #75 | #166 |
| Nevada | 21 | #104 | #440 |
| California | 200 | #153 | #222 |
| Oklahoma | 25 | #154 | #511 |
| Arizona | 41 | #158 | #241 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #162 | — |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #174 | — |
| Florida | 94 | #200 | #431 |
| Oregon | 17 | #220 | #415 |
| Delaware | 5 | #221 | — |
| Missouri | 28 | #226 | #355 |
| Illinois | 45 | #229 | #300 |
| Washington | 32 | #230 | #294 |
| Connecticut | 15 | #238 | #438 |
| Texas | 144 | #242 | #358 |
| New Jersey | 33 | #252 | #203 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #267 | — |
| Michigan | 34 | #271 | #247 |
| Colorado | 23 | #276 | #356 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #295 | #567 |
| Minnesota | 19 | #302 | #466 |
| Idaho | 8 | #305 | #359 |
| Virginia | 27 | #317 | #310 |
| New York | 53 | #325 | #275 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #350 | #354 |
| North Carolina | 30 | #369 | #319 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | #370 | #314 |
| Ohio | 30 | #387 | #302 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #417 | #326 |
| Iowa | 8 | #432 | #586 |
| Kansas | 8 | #439 | #513 |
| Georgia | 25 | #467 | #506 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #469 | #302 |
| Utah | 9 | #481 | #393 |
| Indiana | 14 | #509 | #471 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #530 | #459 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #563 | #275 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #609 | #505 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #669 | #387 |
| Maryland | 7 | #715 | #877 |
| Alabama | 6 | #809 | #602 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,170 | #268 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,294 | #245 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,307 | #229 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,280 | #239 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,453 | #203 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,243 | #242 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,336 | #234 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,316 | #248 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,306 | #243 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,126 | #287 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,016 | #321 | — | — |
| 2014 | 960 | #345 | — | — |
| 2013 | 945 | #344 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,053 | #304 | — | — |
| 2011 | 986 | #319 | — | — |
| 2010 | 984 | #328 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,019 | #321 | — | — |
| 2008 | 957 | #349 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,059 | #319 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,164 | #284 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,379 | #242 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,242 | #258 | 6 | #11,121 |
| 2003 | 1,179 | #269 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,288 | #246 | 5 | #12,189 |
| 2001 | 1,485 | #214 | 6 | #10,337 |
| 2000 | 1,645 | #194 | 6 | #10,131 |
| 1999 | 2,118 | #153 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1998 | 2,279 | #139 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,998 | #157 | 9 | #6,525 |
| 1996 | 2,291 | #142 | 5 | #10,282 |
| 1995 | 3,825 | #91 | 15 | #4,237 |
| 1994 | 918 | #301 | — | — |
| 1993 | 663 | #384 | — | — |
| 1992 | 375 | #606 | — | — |
| 1991 | 313 | #686 | — | — |
| 1990 | 263 | #779 | — | — |
| 1989 | 281 | #705 | — | — |
| 1988 | 212 | #849 | — | — |
| 1987 | 246 | #736 | — | — |
| 1986 | 282 | #655 | — | — |
| 1985 | 310 | #611 | — | — |
| 1984 | 368 | #525 | — | — |
| 1983 | 367 | #517 | — | — |
| 1982 | 391 | #515 | — | — |
| 1981 | 453 | #470 | — | — |
| 1980 | 452 | #470 | — | — |
| 1979 | 522 | #412 | — | — |
| 1978 | 598 | #356 | — | — |
| 1977 | 791 | #302 | — | — |
| 1976 | 464 | #432 | — | — |
| 1975 | 344 | #518 | — | — |
| 1974 | 446 | #437 | — | — |
| 1973 | 589 | #363 | — | — |
| 1972 | 357 | #496 | — | — |
| 1971 | 435 | #465 | — | — |
| 1970 | 297 | #594 | — | — |
| 1969 | 271 | #607 | — | — |
| 1968 | 271 | #582 | — | — |
| 1967 | 294 | #548 | — | — |
| 1966 | 298 | #549 | — | — |
| 1965 | 272 | #580 | — | — |
| 1964 | 226 | #681 | — | — |
| 1963 | 206 | #714 | — | — |
| 1962 | 241 | #653 | — | — |
| 1961 | 257 | #635 | — | — |
| 1960 | 199 | #720 | — | — |
| 1959 | 213 | #687 | — | — |
| 1958 | 212 | #680 | — | — |
| 1957 | 58 | #1,396 | — | — |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,467 | — | — |
| 1955 | 59 | #1,317 | — | — |
| 1954 | 85 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 1953 | 67 | #1,187 | — | — |
| 1952 | 90 | #996 | — | — |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,132 | — | — |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,222 | — | — |
| 1949 | 61 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,208 | — | — |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,300 | — | — |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,372 | — | — |
| 1945 | 50 | #1,119 | — | — |
| 1944 | 64 | #980 | — | — |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,270 | — | — |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,261 | — | — |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,533 | — | — |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,736 | — | — |
| 1939 | 40 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,246 | — | — |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,233 | — | — |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,499 | — | — |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,378 | — | — |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,512 | — | — |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,155 | — | — |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,342 | — | — |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,542 | — | — |
| 1930 | 44 | #1,126 | — | — |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,221 | — | — |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,356 | — | — |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,147 | — | — |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,193 | — | — |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,349 | — | — |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,172 | — | — |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,183 | — | — |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,165 | — | — |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,115 | — | — |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,173 | — | — |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,377 | — | — |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,239 | — | — |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,244 | — | — |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 1914 | 37 | #984 | — | — |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1912 | 28 | #972 | — | — |
| 1911 | 23 | #923 | — | — |
| 1910 | 21 | #967 | — | — |
| 1909 | 21 | #904 | — | — |
| 1908 | 19 | #936 | — | — |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,081 | — | — |
| 1906 | 16 | #956 | — | — |
| 1905 | 15 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1904 | 17 | #903 | — | — |
| 1903 | 23 | #711 | — | — |
| 1902 | 17 | #868 | — | — |
| 1901 | 17 | #822 | — | — |
| 1900 | 20 | #856 | — | — |
| 1899 | 11 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 1898 | 21 | #744 | — | — |
| 1897 | 16 | #819 | — | — |
| 1896 | 13 | #942 | — | — |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 1894 | 13 | #898 | — | — |
| 1893 | 16 | #764 | — | — |
| 1892 | 11 | #950 | — | — |
| 1891 | 17 | #662 | — | — |
| 1890 | 14 | #753 | — | — |
| 1889 | 11 | #833 | — | — |
| 1888 | 18 | #609 | — | — |
| 1887 | 14 | #629 | — | — |
| 1886 | 10 | #770 | — | — |
| 1885 | 15 | #572 | — | — |
| 1884 | 11 | #675 | — | — |
| 1883 | 6 | #912 | — | — |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,016 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #734 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #928 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).