Selina
Selina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 175 births. Its best rank was 372nd, in 1995.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1750.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1995704 births
- Best rank
- #372in 1995
- Since 1880
- 19,045people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,045 girls have been named Selina in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 704 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 22%. It has spent 77 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Selina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 110 | |
| 1890s | 185 | |
| 1900s | 173 | |
| 1910s | 281 | |
| 1920s | 282 | |
| 1930s | 161 | |
| 1940s | 191 | |
| 1950s | 644 | |
| 1960s | 2,148 | |
| 1970s | 2,272 | |
| 1980s | 2,659 | |
| 1990s | 4,174 | |
| 2000s | 2,692 | |
| 2010s | 2,234 | |
| 2020s | 839 |
In 1995, its biggest year
Selina was the 372nd 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 Selina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Celinapeak 1994
- Leannapeak 1990
- Clarissapeak 1995
- Susannahpeak 1975
- Elisabethpeak 2001
- Mollypeak 1991
- Victoriapeak 1993
- Luzpeak 1999
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.