NameTides

Selena

Selena was the #268 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,170 babies), and #324 in England & Wales and #223 in Canada.

Selena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Selena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern Ireland
Selena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#268 (1,170)#324 (134)#387 (8)#397 (3)#304 (13)#223 (136)
2024#245 (1,294)#313 (138)#351 (9)—#294 (14)#187 (152)
2023#229 (1,307)#267 (169)#439 (7)—#555 (6)#193 (143)
2022#239 (1,280)#366 (116)#380 (8)#354 (4)#338 (12)#128 (206)
2021#203 (1,453)#389 (115)——#517 (7)#189 (157)
2020#242 (1,243)#457 (89)#636 (4)—#444 (8)#198 (144)
2019#233 (1,336)#480 (86)#650 (4)—#457 (8)#157 (180)
2018#248 (1,316)#560 (74)#583 (5)—#474 (8)#145 (199)
2017#243 (1,306)#565 (76)—#432 (3)#651 (5)#167 (176)
2016#287 (1,126)#645 (65)#675 (4)—#448 (9)#177 (179)
2015#320 (1,016)#708 (56)——#660 (5)#193 (166)
2014#345 (960)#640 (63)#681 (4)—#458 (9)#208 (158)
2013#342 (945)#743 (53)#663 (4)—#491 (8)#189 (176)
2012#304 (1,053)#779 (50)#815 (3)—#677 (5)#183 (177)
2011#319 (986)#915 (39)——#612 (6)#182 (178)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #91.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Selena is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Selena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #226WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #221ILMichigan: #268MINew York: #317NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #207ORNevada: #95NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #360PANew Jersey: #246NJConnecticut: #220CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #151CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #270CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #221MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #309VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #154AZNew Mexico: #69NMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #360NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #151OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #239TXFlorida: #195FL
Selena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#12586
Quebec2025#23825

Selena (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SelenaCanadaGirls#223136
SelenaEngland & WalesGirls#324134
SelenaIrelandGirls#30413
SelenaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
SelenaScotlandGirls#3878
SelenaUSGirls#2681,170
SelenaUSBoys—too few