Selin Girl

How popular is Selin?

#3,902 girl name in 2025

37 baby girls were named Selin in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.

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1,033living people named Selin (est.)
19median age of people named Selin
1,042babies named Selin since 1880
1 in 89,604US babies born in 2025

Selin popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#3,902 for girls (▲ 656 from 2024)
Babies in 202537 girls
10-year trendSteady (+12% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#4,294 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020
Peak year2006 (45 girls)
Highest rank#2,988 in 1999
First recorded1981
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Selin 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.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Selene 469 81%
Seline 55 9%
Selin 37 6%
Selen 13 2%
Selyne 5 1%

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 Selin is most popular

Babies named Selin per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  2. California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
  3. New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
  4. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)

Selin by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s39#7,467
1990s189#2,988
2000s364#3,387
2010s302#3,918
2020s148#3,902

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Questions

Is Selin a boy or girl name?
Selin is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Selin were girls.
How popular is the name Selin?
37 baby girls were named Selin in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
When was Selin most popular?
Selin peaked in 2006, when 45 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,988 in 1999.
How many people are named Selin?
1,042 babies have been named Selin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,033 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
Where is Selin most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Selin was most common in New Jersey, at 0.0 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.