Girls' name · since 1995
Selenna
36 babies named Selenna in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
36 girls have been named Selenna since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Selenna has 36 recorded births among girls since 1995, 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 1995 to 2011.
- #38,950 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1995
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selenna ranks #38,950 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1995, peaking in the 1990s.
- #38,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Selenna's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Selenna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Selenna splits its recorded history at 2002: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Selenna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2011
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Selenna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Selenna's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Selenna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Selenna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Selenna: 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 (~16 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, 1995–2011 (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 Selenna 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.