Selene Girl
How popular is Selene?
#621 girl name in 2025
469 baby girls were named Selene in the US in 2025, making it the 621st most popular girl name.
Selene popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #621 for girls (▲ 53 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 469 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+119% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,175 in 2015, #803 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (469 girls) |
| Highest rank | #621 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Selene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Selene family of names ranked #498 for girls in 2025 (#573 the year before), with 579 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Selene is most popular
Babies named Selene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (457 girls)
- Nevada: 0.5 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (178 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.4 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Arizona: 0.4 per 1,000 (56 girls)
Selene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,680 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,846 |
| 1940s | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1950s | 161 | #1,950 |
| 1960s | 359 | #1,370 |
| 1970s | 473 | #1,637 |
| 1980s | 481 | #1,625 |
| 1990s | 1,608 | #894 |
| 2000s | 1,709 | #984 |
| 2010s | 2,348 | #830 |
| 2020s | 2,455 | #621 |
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Questions
- Is Selene a boy or girl name?
- Selene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Selene were girls.
- How popular is the name Selene?
- 469 baby girls were named Selene in the US in 2025, making it the 621st most popular girl name.
- When was Selene most popular?
- Selene peaked in 2025, when 469 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #621 in 2025.
- How many people are named Selene?
- 9,718 babies have been named Selene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,491 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Selene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Selene was most common in California, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.