Selene
#621 for girls in 2025, 469 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 469 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,713since 1919
Selene over time
Rank among girls' names. Selene has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | #621 | 469 | — | |
| 2024 | #674 | 426 | — | |
| 2023 | #708 | 401 | — | |
| 2022 | #689 | 425 | — | |
| 2021 | #720 | 397 | — | |
| 2020 | #803 | 337 | — | |
| 2019 | #854 | 313 | — | |
| 2018 | #830 | 327 | — | |
| 2017 | #915 | 292 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,210 | 204 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,175 | 214 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,248 | 194 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,126 | 215 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,050 | 240 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,354 | 170 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,311 | 179 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,249 | 197 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,242 | 202 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,141 | 225 | — | |
| 2006 | #984 | 264 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,314 | 168 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,201 | 186 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,743 | 108 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,456 | 131 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,641 | 111 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,540 | 117 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,309 | 138 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,330 | 132 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,442 | 115 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,399 | 118 | — | |
| 1995 | #964 | 196 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,004 | 185 | — | |
| 1993 | #895 | 215 | — | |
| 1992 | #987 | 193 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,167 | 150 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #1,066 | 166 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,629 | 85 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,529 | 37 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,964 | 54 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,820 | 51 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
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| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
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| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
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| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Selene! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1925, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Selene is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#565 · 1 in 3,163
- California#658 · 1 in 4,506
- Washington#721 · 1 in 4,757
- Texas#1,021 · 1 in 8,209
- Illinois#1,071 · 1 in 8,931
Best ever in a state: #239 in Nevada, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #565 | 9 | 1 in 3,163 |
| California | #658 | 51 | 1 in 4,506 |
| Washington | #721 | 6 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Texas | #1,021 | 17 | 1 in 8,209 |
| Illinois | #1,071 | 8 | 1 in 8,931 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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.
See more about Selene
- 53 spots since 2024 (#674 → #621)
- 182 spots since 2020 (#803 → #621)
- 554 spots since 2015 (#1,175 → #621)
- Biggest jump: 330 spots in 2006 (#1,314 → #984)
- Biggest drop: 435 spots in 1996 (#964 → #1,399)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 2025 at #621 (469 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,427 girls born in 2025 were named Selene (0.03%)
- 25.3% of all girls named Selene (2,455) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,420 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,848 (1931) | #3,875 |
| 1940s | 79 | #1,919 (1946) | #3,585 |
| 1950s | 161 | #1,951 (1959) | #3,036 |
| 1960s | 359 | #1,370 (1969) | #2,087 |
| 1970s | 473 | #1,637 (1977) | #1,922 |
| 1980s | 481 | #1,629 (1989) | #2,243 |
| 1990s | 1,608 | #895 (1993) | #1,156 |
| 2000s | 1,709 | #984 (2006) | #1,351 |
| 2010s | 2,348 | #830 (2018) | #1,107 |
| 2020s | 2,455 | #621 (2025) | #703 |
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.
Selene in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 14,856 of them was named Selene, which outranked 91.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,393Marianne119
- #1,393Rivka119
- #1,393Rosalie119
- #1,399Selene118
- #1,399Anisa118
- #1,399Annelise118
- #1,399Cassondra118
- #1,412Baylie117
- #1,412Becca117
- #1,412Becky117
Tied with 12 names at #1,399; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.