Girls' name · peaked in 1995

Selena name popularity since 1925

58,988 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Selena. Half of them were born in 2001 or earlier, so the typical Selena is about 25 years old in 2026. Selena peaked in 1995 as the #91 name for girls, and it ranked #268 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 58,988; Named Selena, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1995; #91 for girls that year
Typical age: About 25; Median birth year 2001
In 2025: #268; for girls in 2025 (1,170 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 58,931 girls · 57 boys
Most popular in: Nevada; 2.50× its national share

Peak year is the year Selena made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Selena births per year, 1925–2025

1995 was the biggest year for Selena both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Selena became 16× more common, from 1 in 7,220 baby girls to 1 in 460.
Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 460 to 1 in 1,100.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Selena's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Selena.

Decade by decade

Babies named Selena in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	210	0	–
1930s	327	0	#1,378
1940s	455	0	#1,119
1950s	964	0	#1,317
1960s	2,535	0	#580
1970s	4,843	0	#518
1980s	3,362	0	#611
1990s	15,043	34	#91
2000s	12,417	23	#242
2010s	11,028	0	#321
2020–25	7,747	0	#268

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

37.1% of babies named Selena from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Where Selena is most popular

The index compares Selena's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Selena.

State	Index	Babies
Nevada	2.50×	501
Arizona	2.14×	1,558
New Mexico	2.06×	640
Florida	1.61×	3,253
California	1.56×	9,282

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Selena and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Selena (this page)	58,931	1995
Selina	18,319	1995

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Selena's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Selena.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Selena (1995).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data