Salena

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
1977 · 188 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,163
since 1889

Salena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Salena has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #796, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#7,59414
2023#7,64014
2022#6,98416
2021#6,41418
2020#5,66721
2019#5,44923
2018#5,45423
2017#4,06636
2016#4,99027
2015#4,40332
2014#5,02527
2013#4,07636
2012#3,31449
2011#3,49645
2010#3,20351
2009#2,94059
2008#3,12054
2007#3,02358
2006#3,05455
2005#2,50369
2004#2,20480
2003#2,04887
2002#2,25173
2001#1,750102
2000#1,617109
1999#1,371129
1998#1,300137
1997#1,225146
1996#1,079171
1995#953197
1994#1,209145
1993#1,148154
1992#1,381119
1991#1,505103
1990#1,410112
1989#1,277123
1988#1,327108
1987#1,257112
1986#1,32799
1985#1,52380
1984#1,35588
1983#1,47578
1982#1,47481
1981#1,32894
1980#1,49480
1979#1,178112
1978#1,085121
1977#796188
1976#1,17297
1975#1,49868
1974#1,32380
1973#1,23984
1972#1,54160
1971#1,50067
1970#1,71953
1969#1,78447
1968#2,05634
1967#1,70245
1966#2,30827
1965#1,91436
1964#2,60023
1963#1,89438
1962#1,88937
1961#2,07032
1960#2,43224
1959#2,67819
1958#2,58120
1957#3,03315
1956#5,3256
1955#2,47220
1954#3,32512
1953#5,6735
1952#3,55210
1951#4,3857
1950#3,6629
1949#4,6736
1948#4,2057
1947#4,7646
1946
1945#4,5565
1944
1943
1942#2,66612
1941#4,4205
1940
1939#3,7826
1938
1937#4,2555
1936#3,7016
1935
1934
1933#4,2185
1932
1931
1930
1929#4,5705
1928
1927
1926#4,8515
1925#4,0287
1924#3,14410
1923#3,9717
1922#3,6558
1921#4,0237
1920
1919#2,81311
1918#4,2916
1917#4,5945
1916#3,0319
1915#2,9009
1914#2,4349
1913#2,8276
1912#2,3607
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,6596
1903#1,4407
1902
1901
1900#1,3199
1899#1,5965
1898
1897#1,5555
1896#1,5835
1895
1894
1893#1,0918
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Salena! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Salena
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,513 spots since 2024 (#7,594#10,107)
  • 4,440 spots since 2020 (#5,667#10,107)
  • 5,704 spots since 2015 (#4,403#10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1977 (#1,172#796)
  • Biggest drop: 289 spots in 1978 (#796#1,085)
Rise & fade · girls
88 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1977 at #796 (188 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1977–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,155
  • Highest: 1 in 8,155 girls born in 1977 were named Salena (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 27.4% of all girls named Salena (1,413) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s23#1,091 (1893)#1,456
1900s22#1,319 (1900)#1,473
1910s62#2,360 (1912)#3,156
1920s49#3,144 (1924)#4,035
1930s22#3,701 (1936)#3,989
1940s41#2,666 (1942)#4,214
1950s123#2,472 (1955)#3,669
1960s343#1,702 (1967)#2,065
1970s930#796 (1977)#1,305
1980s943#1,257 (1987)#1,384
1990s1,413#953 (1995)#1,258
2000s746#1,617 (2000)#2,451
2010s349#3,203 (2010)#4,348
2020s92#5,667 (2020)#7,401

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Salena in 1979

girls
#1,178
112 births · 1 in 14,333 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #1,178Salena112
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 14,333 of them was named Salena, which outranked 90.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Salena
  1. #1,169Sydney113
  2. #1,169Tabetha113
  3. #1,169Tennille113
  4. #1,178Salena112
  5. #1,178Corinna112
  6. #1,178Geraldine112
  7. #1,178Hazel112
  8. #1,184Ariane111
  9. #1,184Carin111
  10. #1,184Dalia111

Tied with 5 names at #1,178; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979