Selinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Selinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 452 babies named Selinda between 1946 and 2008, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Selinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Selinda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selinda 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 452 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.