Girls' name · since 1995
Selana
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 20 babies named Selana, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
20 girls have been named Selana since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Selana has 20 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 1999.
- #46,204 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1995
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selana ranks #46,204 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1995, peaking in the 1990s.
- #46,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Selana's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Selana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Selana's full recorded timeline at 1998, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births.
Selana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1999
- Peak year (1995)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Selana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Selana's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Selana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Selana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Selana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.