Selina

#1,272 for girls in 2025, 176 births

Peak · girls
#371
1995 · 704 births
Debut · girls
1880
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,225
since 1880

Selina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Selina has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #371, 1995girls
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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#1,272176
2024#1,305176
2023#1,344168
2022#1,401163
2021#1,291176
2020#1,373158
2019#1,164205
2018#1,093229
2017#1,154214
2016#1,152218
2015#1,139222
2014#1,040249
2013#1,133213
2012#1,041242
2011#1,096224
2010#1,122219
2009#1,027253
2008#968277
2007#929291
2006#900295
2005#856295
2004#987240
2003#974238
2002#873262
2001#874262
2000#811279
1999#660348
1998#680336
1997#629357
1996#608376
1995#371704
1994#408614
1993#499496
1992#623363
1991#688311
1990#764270
1989#633331
1988#800231
1987#729248
1986#688265
1985#681264
1984#676251
1983#671255
1982#627287
1981#618294
1980#718233
1979#698242
1978#592288
1977#479399
1976#732201
1975#868154
1974#725198
1973#679220
1972#722198
1971#686222
1970#884150
1969#861146
1968#688198
1967#624232
1966#576269
1965#625244
1964#745195
1963#644246
1962#644246
1961#727205
1960#796167
1959#839148
1958#1,028103
1957#1,27468
1956#1,36558
1955#1,37153
1954#1,26761
1953#1,64836
1952#1,61136
1951#1,26654
1950#1,83527
1949#1,80728
1948#1,90125
1947#2,08922
1946#2,73913
1945#1,58827
1944#1,96719
1943#1,79123
1942#3,1949
1941#2,39713
1940#2,42412
1939#1,79719
1938#2,44712
1937#2,19614
1936#2,15314
1935#1,84518
1934#2,08715
1933#1,83518
1932#2,13015
1931#2,42712
1930#1,60724
1929#1,89219
1928#1,63725
1927#1,93520
1926#1,38833
1925#1,57628
1924#1,40934
1923#1,28337
1922#1,43032
1921#1,86722
1920#1,40732
1919#1,24237
1918#1,06147
1917#1,28132
1916#1,18936
1915#1,36727
1914#1,60317
1913#1,27420
1912#97827
1911#1,00719
1910#99719
1909#1,10414
1908#1,13513
1907#87119
1906#96515
1905#84819
1904#91016
1903#76020
1902#97213
1901#79517
1900#68827
1899#90613
1898#69722
1897#66022
1896#79017
1895#59626
1894#95011
1893#86512
1892#66619
1891#60819
1890#53824
1889#60018
1888#72413
1887#58615
1886#7789
1885#65811
1884#64011
1883#51714
1882—
1881#5829
1880#54710
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Selina was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Selina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 33 spots since 2024 (#1,305 → #1,272)
  • 101 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #1,272)
  • 133 spots since 2015 (#1,139 → #1,272)
  • Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1895 (#950 → #596)
  • Biggest drop: 296 spots in 1913 (#978 → #1,274)
Rise & fade · girls
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1995 at #371 (704 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1959–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,498
  • Highest: 1 in 2,498 girls born in 1995 were named Selina (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,132 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 21.7% of all girls named Selina (4,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s110#517 (1883)#626
1890s185#538 (1890)#728
1900s173#688 (1900)#905
1910s281#978 (1912)#1,200
1920s282#1,283 (1923)#1,582
1930s161#1,607 (1930)#2,052
1940s191#1,588 (1945)#2,190
1950s644#839 (1959)#1,350
1960s2,148#576 (1966)#693
1970s2,272#479 (1977)#707
1980s2,659#618 (1981)#684
1990s4,175#371 (1995)#593
2000s2,692#811 (2000)#920
2010s2,235#1,040 (2014)#1,113
2020s1,017#1,272 (2025)#1,331

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.

Selina in 1918

girls
#1,061
47 births · 1 in 24,630 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #1,061Selina47
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 24,630 of them was named Selina, which outranked 81.0% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Selina
  1. #1,041Veola48
  2. #1,041Willene48
  3. #1,041Zenobia48
  4. #1,061Selina47
  5. #1,061Alexandra47
  6. #1,061Astrid47
  7. #1,061Carlene47
  8. #1,073Arletta46
  9. #1,073Bobby46
  10. #1,073Buelah46

Tied with 11 names at #1,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →