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How popular is the name Selena?
Births per year, rank history and how many Selenas are alive today.
Selena (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Selina in England and Wales, ranked 324th in 2025 with 134 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 169 babies were given the name, the 267th most popular that year. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Selina you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Selinas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 30, and there are at least 5,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Selina.
How many babies are named Selena each year?
Includes all spellings: Selena, Celina, Salina, Selina. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Selena spelling rank?
Where does the Celina spelling rank?
Where does the Salina spelling rank?
Where does the Selina spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Selena most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Selina, peaked in 2023, when 240 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Selena spelling itself peaked in 2023, with 169 babies.
How many people are called Selena?
At least 5,600 people named Selena in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Selena?
Most living Selenas are between 8 and 30; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Selena becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.