Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Selena

#533 most common girls' name of all time · #985 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#533
Rank overall
#985 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
59,944
Since 2016
12,831
Peak year
1995 #91
Best rank
#91 1995
Girls Boys peak 3,840/yr
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Selena is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,170 — 1,170 #268
2024 1,294 — 1,294 #245
2023 1,307 — 1,307 #229
2022 1,280 — 1,280 #239
2021 1,453 — 1,453 #203
2020 1,243 — 1,243 #242
2019 1,336 — 1,336 #233
2018 1,316 — 1,316 #248
2017 1,306 — 1,306 #243
2016 1,126 — 1,126 #287
2015 1,016 — 1,016 #321
2014 960 — 960 #345
2013 945 — 945 #343
2012 1,053 — 1,053 #304
2011 986 — 986 #319
2010 984 — 984 #326
2009 1,019 — 1,019 #321
2008 957 — 957 #349
2007 1,059 — 1,059 #319
2006 1,164 — 1,164 #284
2005 1,379 — 1,379 #242
2004 1,242 6 1,248 #258
2003 1,179 — 1,179 #268
2002 1,288 5 1,293 #246
2001 1,485 6 1,491 #214
2000 1,645 6 1,651 #193
1999 2,118 5 2,123 #153
1998 2,279 — 2,279 #139
1997 1,998 9 2,007 #157
1996 2,291 5 2,296 #142
1995 3,825 15 3,840 #91
1994 918 — 918 #301
1993 663 — 663 #384
1992 375 — 375 #605
1991 313 — 313 #686
1990 263 — 263 #779
1989 281 — 281 #703
1988 212 — 212 #849
1987 246 — 246 #735
1986 282 — 282 #654
1985 310 — 310 #611
1984 368 — 368 #524
1983 367 — 367 #517
1982 391 — 391 #514
1981 453 — 453 #469
1980 452 — 452 #470
1979 522 — 522 #412
1978 598 — 598 #356
1977 791 — 791 #302
1976 464 — 464 #431
1975 344 — 344 #518
1974 446 — 446 #435
1973 589 — 589 #363
1972 357 — 357 #495
1971 435 — 435 #465
1970 297 — 297 #593
1969 271 — 271 #605
1968 271 — 271 #582
1967 294 — 294 #548
1966 298 — 298 #549
1965 272 — 272 #580
1964 226 — 226 #680
1963 206 — 206 #711
1962 241 — 241 #652
1961 257 — 257 #634
1960 199 — 199 #720
1959 213 — 213 #687
1958 212 — 212 #679
1957 58 — 58 #1,389
1956 53 — 53 #1,454
1955 59 — 59 #1,311
1954 85 — 85 #1,065
1953 67 — 67 #1,179
1952 90 — 90 #994
1951 69 — 69 #1,125
1950 58 — 58 #1,218
1949 61 — 61 #1,166
1948 57 — 57 #1,200
1947 50 — 50 #1,291
1946 41 — 41 #1,364
1945 50 — 50 #1,115
1944 64 — 64 #973
1943 42 — 42 #1,260
1942 41 — 41 #1,252
1941 27 — 27 #1,508
1940 22 — 22 #1,686
1939 40 — 40 #1,149
1938 35 — 35 #1,233
1937 35 — 35 #1,221
1936 25 — 25 #1,484
1935 29 — 29 #1,363
1934 25 — 25 #1,488
1933 38 — 38 #1,145
1932 31 — 31 #1,326
1931 25 — 25 #1,505
1930 44 — 44 #1,119
1929 46 — 46 #1,083
1928 40 — 40 #1,212
1927 36 — 36 #1,335
1926 45 — 45 #1,135
1925 43 — 43 #1,180
1924 37 — 37 #1,330
1923 44 — 44 #1,159
1922 43 — 43 #1,173
1921 44 — 44 #1,152
1920 46 — 46 #1,106
1919 41 — 41 #1,157
1918 32 — 32 #1,365
1917 35 — 35 #1,226
1916 34 — 34 #1,233
1915 40 — 40 #1,061
1914 37 — 37 #979
1913 27 — 27 #1,049
1912 28 — 28 #967
1911 23 — 23 #913
1910 21 — 21 #947
1909 21 — 21 #896
1908 19 — 19 #920
1907 14 — 14 #1,053
1906 16 — 16 #933
1905 15 — 15 #988
1904 17 — 17 #892
1903 23 — 23 #704
1902 17 — 17 #859
1901 17 — 17 #811
1900 20 — 20 #845
1899 11 — 11 #1,002
1898 21 — 21 #734
1897 16 — 16 #805
1896 13 — 13 #922
1895 11 — 11 #1,008
1894 13 — 13 #870
1893 16 — 16 #757
1892 11 — 11 #927
1891 17 — 17 #660
1890 14 — 14 #742
1889 11 — 11 #818
1888 18 — 18 #608
1887 14 — 14 #628
1886 10 — 10 #760
1885 15 — 15 #572
1884 11 — 11 #673
1883 6 — 6 #858
1882 5 — 5 #950
1881 7 — 7 #716
1880 5 — 5 #928