Selina
#1,272 for girls in 2025, 176 births
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 704 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,225since 1880
Selina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Selina has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,272 | 176 |
| 2024 | #1,305 | 176 |
| 2023 | #1,344 | 168 |
| 2022 | #1,401 | 163 |
| 2021 | #1,291 | 176 |
| 2020 | #1,373 | 158 |
| 2019 | #1,164 | 205 |
| 2018 | #1,093 | 229 |
| 2017 | #1,154 | 214 |
| 2016 | #1,152 | 218 |
| 2015 | #1,139 | 222 |
| 2014 | #1,040 | 249 |
| 2013 | #1,133 | 213 |
| 2012 | #1,041 | 242 |
| 2011 | #1,096 | 224 |
| 2010 | #1,122 | 219 |
| 2009 | #1,027 | 253 |
| 2008 | #968 | 277 |
| 2007 | #929 | 291 |
| 2006 | #900 | 295 |
| 2005 | #856 | 295 |
| 2004 | #987 | 240 |
| 2003 | #974 | 238 |
| 2002 | #873 | 262 |
| 2001 | #874 | 262 |
| 2000 | #811 | 279 |
| 1999 | #660 | 348 |
| 1998 | #680 | 336 |
| 1997 | #629 | 357 |
| 1996 | #608 | 376 |
| 1995 | #371 | 704 |
| 1994 | #408 | 614 |
| 1993 | #499 | 496 |
| 1992 | #623 | 363 |
| 1991 | #688 | 311 |
| 1990 | #764 | 270 |
| 1989 | #633 | 331 |
| 1988 | #800 | 231 |
| 1987 | #729 | 248 |
| 1986 | #688 | 265 |
| 1985 | #681 | 264 |
| 1984 | #676 | 251 |
| 1983 | #671 | 255 |
| 1982 | #627 | 287 |
| 1981 | #618 | 294 |
| 1980 | #718 | 233 |
| 1979 | #698 | 242 |
| 1978 | #592 | 288 |
| 1977 | #479 | 399 |
| 1976 | #732 | 201 |
| 1975 | #868 | 154 |
| 1974 | #725 | 198 |
| 1973 | #679 | 220 |
| 1972 | #722 | 198 |
| 1971 | #686 | 222 |
| 1970 | #884 | 150 |
| 1969 | #861 | 146 |
| 1968 | #688 | 198 |
| 1967 | #624 | 232 |
| 1966 | #576 | 269 |
| 1965 | #625 | 244 |
| 1964 | #745 | 195 |
| 1963 | #644 | 246 |
| 1962 | #644 | 246 |
| 1961 | #727 | 205 |
| 1960 | #796 | 167 |
| 1959 | #839 | 148 |
| 1958 | #1,028 | 103 |
| 1957 | #1,274 | 68 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 |
| 1955 | #1,371 | 53 |
| 1954 | #1,267 | 61 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 |
| 1918 | #1,061 | 47 |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,189 | 36 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 |
| 1903 | #760 | 20 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 |
| 1895 | #596 | 26 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 |
| 1890 | #538 | 24 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 |
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.
Where Selina is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Kentucky#363 · 1 in 2,721
- Arizona#414 · 1 in 2,232
- Wisconsin#443 · 1 in 4,370
- North Carolina#470 · 1 in 3,651
- Alabama#475 · 1 in 3,274
Best ever in a state: #151 in New Mexico, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #363 | 9 | 1 in 2,721 |
| Arizona | #414 | 8 | 1 in 2,232 |
| Wisconsin | #443 | 7 | 1 in 4,370 |
| North Carolina | #470 | 9 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Alabama | #475 | 7 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Oregon | #484 | 5 | 1 in 3,357 |
| Mississippi | #492 | 5 | 1 in 3,117 |
| California | #531 | 44 | 1 in 3,712 |
| Texas | #543 | 29 | 1 in 3,831 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 12 | 1 in 5,701 |
| Tennessee | #635 | 5 | 1 in 5,697 |
| Washington | #645 | 5 | 1 in 5,064 |
| New York | #677 | 19 | 1 in 5,206 |
| Florida | #717 | 8 | 1 in 5,859 |
| Georgia | #776 | 5 | 1 in 6,723 |
| Michigan | #793 | 7 | 1 in 8,512 |
| Illinois | #824 | 10 | 1 in 7,470 |
| New Jersey | #836 | 5 | 1 in 7,438 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 110 | #517 (1883) | #626 |
| 1890s | 185 | #538 (1890) | #728 |
| 1900s | 173 | #688 (1900) | #905 |
| 1910s | 281 | #978 (1912) | #1,200 |
| 1920s | 282 | #1,283 (1923) | #1,582 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,607 (1930) | #2,052 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,588 (1945) | #2,190 |
| 1950s | 644 | #839 (1959) | #1,350 |
| 1960s | 2,148 | #576 (1966) | #693 |
| 1970s | 2,272 | #479 (1977) | #707 |
| 1980s | 2,659 | #618 (1981) | #684 |
| 1990s | 4,175 | #371 (1995) | #593 |
| 2000s | 2,692 | #811 (2000) | #920 |
| 2010s | 2,235 | #1,040 (2014) | #1,113 |
| 2020s | 1,017 | #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 1979
girls
#698
242 births · 1 in 6,633 girls
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 6,633 of them was named Selina, which outranked 94.2% 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).