Selyna — girls' name
138 babies named Selyna in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
138 girls have been named Selyna since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 138
- total births
- 1990–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Selyna was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Selyna in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Selyna
The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Selyna between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selyna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Selyna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Selyna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Selyna 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 138 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.
Selyna at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Selyna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990
- Peak year (1995)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
138 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 21 births in a single year.
Selyna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 84 births that decade — 61% of Selyna's all-time total
Selyna decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Selyna's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 1990–2023 (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.