Girls' name · peaked in 1995
Selina name popularity since 1925
18,319 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Selina. Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Selina is about 33 years old in 2026. Selina peaked in 1995 as the #372 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,319
- Named Selina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,278 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 18,319 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 2.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Selina 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.
Selina births per year, 1925–2025
1995 was the biggest year for Selina both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1990 and 1995, Selina became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 7,030 baby girls to 1 in 2,500.
- Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, its share of baby girls fell by 62%, from 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 6,510.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Selina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Selina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Selina in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 125 | – |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,903 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,616 |
| 1950s | 644 | #1,379 |
| 1960s | 2,148 | #626 |
| 1970s | 2,272 | #870 |
| 1980s | 2,659 | #682 |
| 1990s | 4,175 | #372 |
| 2000s | 2,692 | #859 |
| 2010s | 2,235 | #1,142 |
| 2020–25 | 1,017 | #1,278 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
30.4% of babies named Selina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Selina is most popular
The index compares Selina'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 Selina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 2.55× | 473 |
| California | 2.19× | 3,318 |
| Florida | 1.86× | 960 |
| Texas | 1.74× | 1,950 |
| New York | 1.59× | 1,726 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Selina 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Selina (this page) | 18,319 | 1995 |
| Selena | 58,931 | 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 Selina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Selina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Selina (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