Girls' name · since 1992
Selen
173 babies named Selen in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,089 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Selen currently ranks #8089 among girls' names in America, with 173 babies recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Selen recorded 173 times among girls since 1992, holding rank #8089 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #21,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,089 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 173 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selen ranks #21,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,089 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 173 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,089 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Selen's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Selen compares
173 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Selen's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Selen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 173 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Selen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Selen's full recorded timeline at 2015, 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 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Selen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Selen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Selen's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Selen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Selen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Selen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Selen 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.