Selena
#268 for girls in 2025, 1,170 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 3,825 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 59,887since 1880
Selena over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #268 | 1,170 | — | |
| 2024 | #245 | 1,294 | — | |
| 2023 | #229 | 1,307 | — | |
| 2022 | #239 | 1,280 | — | |
| 2021 | #203 | 1,453 | — | |
| 2020 | #242 | 1,243 | — | |
| 2019 | #233 | 1,336 | — | |
| 2018 | #248 | 1,316 | — | |
| 2017 | #243 | 1,306 | — | |
| 2016 | #287 | 1,126 | — | |
| 2015 | #320 | 1,016 | — | |
| 2014 | #345 | 960 | — | |
| 2013 | #342 | 945 | — | |
| 2012 | #304 | 1,053 | — | |
| 2011 | #319 | 986 | — | |
| 2010 | #326 | 984 | — | |
| 2009 | #321 | 1,019 | — | |
| 2008 | #349 | 957 | — | |
| 2007 | #319 | 1,059 | — | |
| 2006 | #284 | 1,164 | — | |
| 2005 | #242 | 1,379 | — | |
| 2004 | #258 | 1,242 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #267 | 1,179 | — | |
| 2002 | #246 | 1,288 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #214 | 1,485 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #193 | 1,645 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #153 | 2,118 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #139 | 2,279 | — | |
| 1997 | #157 | 1,998 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #142 | 2,291 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #91 | 3,825 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #301 | 918 | — | |
| 1993 | #384 | 663 | — | |
| 1992 | #605 | 375 | — | |
| 1991 | #686 | 313 | — | |
| 1990 | #779 | 263 | — | |
| 1989 | #703 | 281 | — | |
| 1988 | #848 | 212 | — | |
| 1987 | #733 | 246 | — | |
| 1986 | #654 | 282 | — | |
| 1985 | #610 | 310 | — | |
| 1984 | #524 | 368 | — | |
| 1983 | #517 | 367 | — | |
| 1982 | #514 | 391 | — | |
| 1981 | #469 | 453 | — | |
| 1980 | #470 | 452 | — | |
| 1979 | #412 | 522 | — | |
| 1978 | #356 | 598 | — | |
| 1977 | #302 | 791 | — | |
| 1976 | #430 | 464 | — | |
| 1975 | #518 | 344 | — | |
| 1974 | #434 | 446 | — | |
| 1973 | #362 | 589 | — | |
| 1972 | #495 | 357 | — | |
| 1971 | #465 | 435 | — | |
| 1970 | #591 | 297 | — | |
| 1969 | #605 | 271 | — | |
| 1968 | #582 | 271 | — | |
| 1967 | #548 | 294 | — | |
| 1966 | #547 | 298 | — | |
| 1965 | #580 | 272 | — | |
| 1964 | #680 | 226 | — | |
| 1963 | #711 | 206 | — | |
| 1962 | #650 | 241 | — | |
| 1961 | #634 | 257 | — | |
| 1960 | #720 | 199 | — | |
| 1959 | #687 | 213 | — | |
| 1958 | #679 | 212 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,388 | 58 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,453 | 53 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,064 | 85 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 | — | |
| 1952 | #994 | 90 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,116 | 69 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,212 | 58 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,197 | 57 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,290 | 50 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,114 | 50 | — | |
| 1944 | #971 | 64 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,249 | 41 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,219 | 35 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,117 | 44 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,210 | 40 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,176 | 43 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,158 | 44 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,103 | 46 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,155 | 41 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,360 | 32 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,227 | 34 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 | — | |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 | — | |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 | — | |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 | — | |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 | — | |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 | — | |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 | — | |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 | — | |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | — | |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 | — | |
| 1890 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Selena was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Selena is popular in 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#123 · 1 in 416
- Alabama#147 · 1 in 672
- Tennessee#151 · 1 in 751
- Kentucky#154 · 1 in 689
- Hawaii#170 · 1 in 543
Best ever in a state: #18 in Texas, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #123 | 20 | 1 in 416 |
| Alabama | #147 | 29 | 1 in 672 |
| Tennessee | #151 | 40 | 1 in 751 |
| Kentucky | #154 | 28 | 1 in 689 |
| Hawaii | #170 | 6 | 1 in 543 |
| Washington | #171 | 39 | 1 in 729 |
| Louisiana | #173 | 27 | 1 in 760 |
| North Carolina | #183 | 51 | 1 in 852 |
| Iowa | #184 | 17 | 1 in 794 |
| Mississippi | #188 | 14 | 1 in 808 |
| Michigan | #193 | 49 | 1 in 995 |
| Kansas | #197 | 17 | 1 in 791 |
| Connecticut | #200 | 15 | 1 in 976 |
| South Carolina | #200 | 18 | 1 in 917 |
| Georgia | #208 | 47 | 1 in 1,030 |
| New York | #216 | 84 | 1 in 1,153 |
| Virginia | #217 | 36 | 1 in 991 |
| Indiana | #218 | 31 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Oregon | #226 | 17 | 1 in 943 |
| Oklahoma | #228 | 17 | 1 in 977 |
| Wisconsin | #231 | 23 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Missouri | #239 | 24 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Massachusetts | #243 | 24 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Arizona | #252 | 30 | 1 in 1,082 |
| California | #254 | 168 | 1 in 1,326 |
| New Jersey | #259 | 30 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Pennsylvania | #260 | 40 | 1 in 1,381 |
| Ohio | #262 | 43 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Nevada | #264 | 10 | 1 in 1,020 |
| West Virginia | #267 | 6 | 1 in 1,190 |
| Maryland | #282 | 17 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Colorado | #287 | 20 | 1 in 1,242 |
| Nebraska | #290 | 7 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Minnesota | #297 | 17 | 1 in 1,494 |
| Arkansas | #298 | 9 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Florida | #303 | 48 | 1 in 1,605 |
| Texas | #317 | 93 | 1 in 1,677 |
| Illinois | #323 | 42 | 1 in 1,635 |
| Utah | #415 | 9 | 1 in 1,955 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Selena
- 23 spots since 2024 (#245 → #268)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#242 → #268)
- 52 spots since 2015 (#320 → #268)
- Biggest jump: 709 spots in 1958 (#1,388 → #679)
- Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1892 (#644 → #908)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1995 at #91 (3,825 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1995
- Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1958–2025
- Highest: 1 in 460 girls born in 1995 were named Selena (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,374 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 25.1% of all girls named Selena (15,043) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 102 | #557 (1885) | #717 |
| 1890s | 143 | #644 (1891) | #825 |
| 1900s | 179 | #695 (1903) | #878 |
| 1910s | 318 | #898 (1911) | #1,083 |
| 1920s | 424 | #1,078 (1929) | #1,183 |
| 1930s | 327 | #1,117 (1930) | #1,300 |
| 1940s | 455 | #971 (1944) | #1,278 |
| 1950s | 964 | #679 (1958) | #1,108 |
| 1960s | 2,535 | #547 (1966) | #626 |
| 1970s | 4,843 | #302 (1977) | #437 |
| 1980s | 3,362 | #469 (1981) | #604 |
| 1990s | 15,043 | #91 (1995) | #344 |
| 2000s | 12,417 | #193 (2000) | #269 |
| 2010s | 11,028 | #233 (2019) | #297 |
| 2020s | 7,747 | #203 (2021) | #238 |
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.
Selena in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 1,395 of them was named Selena, which outranked 98.6% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 388,303 of them was named Selena, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).