Selene

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Selene is ranked 675th among girls in 2024 (424 births). Its best rank was 675th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #675up 33 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4240.03% of girls
Peak year: 2022425 births
Best rank: #675in 2024
Since 1919: 9,240people given the name

Babies named Selene, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

9,240 girls have been named Selene in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 425 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 25%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Selene
1910s	5
1920s	23
1930s	12
1940s	79
1950s	161
1960s	359
1970s	473
1980s	481
1990s	1,608
2000s	1,709
2010s	2,347
2020s	1,983

In 2022, its biggest year

Selene was the 691st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Selene

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.