Girls' name · since 1980
Seleena
215 babies named Seleena in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,094 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
215 girls have been named Seleena since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Seleena has 215 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 2016.
- #19,094 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 215 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seleena ranks #19,094 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 215 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,094 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Seleena's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Seleena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Seleena splits its recorded history at 2002: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Seleena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2016
- Peak year (1995)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2016.
215 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 23 births in a single year.
Seleena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (106 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Seleena's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Seleena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 106 births (49% of all-time use).
Seleena decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Seleena by state
Where Seleena concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8 | 3.7% |
8 of 215 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Seleena's data
- Seleena's decade-level peak was the 1990s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Seleenas (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Seleena: 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 (~36 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, 1980–2016 (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 Seleena 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.
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