Selena — #245 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Selena

The Social Security Administration has registered 58,696 babies named Selena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selena currently holds the #245 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 3,825 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15,042 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Selena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9,072 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Selena in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 58,696 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.