Selina — #1307 US girls' name
19,045 babies named Selina in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Selina was born in this single decade.
704 babies were named Selina in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Selina
The Social Security Administration has registered 19,045 babies named Selina between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selina currently holds the #1307 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 704 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Selina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Selina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,287 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Selina in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Selina 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 19,045 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.
Selina at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Selina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1995)
- 704
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1307 among girls.
19,045 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 704 births in a single year.
Selina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 4,174 births that decade — 22% of Selina's all-time total
Selina decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,174 births
- Runner-up 2,692 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Selina's strongest decade
4,174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Selina by state
Where Selina concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,287 | 17.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,939 | 10.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,723 | 9.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 946 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 631 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 564 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 477 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 473 | 2.5% |
3,287 of 19,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.3% of nationwide
- Texas 10.2% of nationwide
- New York 9.0% of nationwide
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Selina appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.