NameTides

Selene

Selene was the #621 girls' name in the US in 2025 (469 babies), and #951 in England & Wales and #611 in Canada.

Selene as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Selene as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Selene as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#621 (469)#951 (37)——#611 (49)
2024#674 (426)#1,262 (26)——#854 (33)
2023#708 (401)#1,705 (17)——#868 (31)
2022#689 (425)#1,416 (22)——#679 (41)
2021#720 (397)#1,569 (19)#792 (3)—#1,025 (26)
2020#803 (337)#1,618 (18)——#1,121 (22)
2019#854 (313)#2,040 (13)#765 (3)—#1,342 (18)
2018#830 (327)#1,788 (16)——#1,164 (21)
2017#915 (292)#2,925 (8)——#794 (35)
2016#1,210 (204)———#1,463 (16)
2015#1,175 (214)#3,615 (6)——#1,202 (20)
2014#1,248 (194)#3,160 (7)——#1,340 (18)
2013#1,126 (215)#2,313 (11)——#2,888 (6)
2012#1,050 (240)#2,215 (12)——#1,904 (11)
2011#1,354 (170)#5,785 (3)——#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #621.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1919.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Selene is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Selene by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #442NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #322CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #383FL
Selene (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#82314

Selene (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
SeleneCanadaGirls#61149
SeleneEngland & WalesGirls#95137
SeleneIrelandGirls—too few
SeleneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SeleneScotlandGirls—too few
SeleneUSGirls#621469
SeleneUSBoys—too few