Selena
Selena is ranked 245th among girls in 2024 (1,289 births). Its best rank was 91st, in 1995.
- Rank in 2024
- #245down 16 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,2890.08% of girls
- Peak year
- 19953,825 births
- Best rank
- #91in 1995
- Since 1880
- 58,696people given the name
The story in the numbers
58,696 girls have been named Selena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 3,825 births — 0.22% of all girls recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 26%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Selena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 102 | |
| 1890s | 143 | |
| 1900s | 179 | |
| 1910s | 318 | |
| 1920s | 424 | |
| 1930s | 327 | |
| 1940s | 455 | |
| 1950s | 965 | |
| 1960s | 2,534 | |
| 1970s | 4,842 | |
| 1980s | 3,362 | |
| 1990s | 15,042 | |
| 2000s | 12,417 | |
| 2010s | 11,018 | |
| 2020s | 6,568 |
In 1995, its biggest year
Selena was the 91st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1995 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1995.
Names that rose and fell with Selena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mireyapeak 1997
- Oksanapeak 1995
- Essencepeak 1998
- Darbypeak 1995
- Bibianapeak 1999
- Yasmeenpeak 1997
- Mikaelapeak 1997
- Serenapeak 2000
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.