Seleni — #15991 US girls' name
145 babies named Seleni in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Seleni was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Seleni in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seleni
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Seleni between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seleni currently holds the #15991 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seleni performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Seleni shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Seleni in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seleni 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 145 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.
Seleni at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Seleni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2016)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #15991 among girls.
145 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 28 births in a single year.
Seleni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 74 births that decade — 51% of Seleni's all-time total
Seleni decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Seleni's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Seleni by state
Where Seleni concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 9.0% |
13 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.