Girls' name · since 1919
Selene
Selene has 9,713 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #622 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,713
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Selene is the #622 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 9,713 recorded since 1919.
Social Security Administration records show Selene recorded 9,713 times among girls since 1919, holding rank #622 nationally today, ahead of 96% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #1,702 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #622 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,713 born since 1919
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selene ranks #1,702 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #622 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,713 born since 1919, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #622 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,713
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Selene's 9,713 recorded births place it above 97.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Selene compares
9,713 Top 10% higher than 90% of 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
Selene's all-time total is 26x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Selene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,713 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 469 | 21 | 19,840 |
Selene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Selene's full recorded timeline at 1980, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 469 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Selene popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 469
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Selene popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1991 (Selene as boys' name)
Selene by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,455 births, 25% of the file).
2020s was Selene's strongest decade.
2,455 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Selene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 79
1940s
79 births
- 1950s 161
1950s
161 births
- 1960s 359
1960s
359 births
- 1970s 473
1970s
473 births
- 1980s 481
1980s
481 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,608 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,709 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,348 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,455 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,455 births (25% of all-time use).
How Selene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Selene's total volume
Selene by state
Where Selene concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,547 | 26.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,410 | 14.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 519 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 431 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 335 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 295 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Washington | | 170 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 143 | 1.5% |
2,547 of 9,713 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Selene appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Selene's data
- California records the most Selenes (2,547 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Selene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Selene 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.