Selena is an established girls' name that peaked in 1995 and has grown less common since.
Selena is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #268 for girl births in the United States (and #565 across all names), given to 1,170 babies. Selena was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1995 (3,825 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,170 | 1,170 | #268 | — |
| 2024 | 1,294 | 1,294 | #245 | — |
| 2023 | 1,307 | 1,312 | #229 | — |
| 2022 | 1,280 | 1,280 | #239 | — |
| 2021 | 1,453 | 1,458 | #203 | — |
| 2020 | 1,243 | 1,243 | #242 | — |
| 2019 | 1,336 | 1,336 | #234 | — |
| 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 | #344 | — |
| 2012 | 1,053 | 1,053 | #304 | — |
| 2011 | 986 | 986 | #319 | — |
| 2010 | 984 | 984 | #328 | — |
| 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 | 1,248 | 1,248 | #258 | #11,121 |
| 2003 | 1,179 | 1,179 | #269 | — |
| 2002 | 1,293 | 1,298 | #246 | #12,189 |
| 2001 | 1,491 | 1,497 | #214 | #10,337 |
| 2000 | 1,651 | 1,651 | #194 | #10,131 |
| 1999 | 2,123 | 2,141 | #153 | #11,320 |
| 1998 | 2,279 | 2,301 | #139 | — |
| 1997 | 2,007 | — | #157 | #6,525 |
| 1996 | 2,296 | — | #142 | #10,282 |
| 1995 | 3,840 | — | #91 | #4,237 |
| 1994 | 918 | — | #301 | — |
| 1993 | 663 | — | #384 | — |
| 1992 | 375 | — | #606 | — |
| 1991 | 313 | — | #686 | — |
| 1990 | 263 | — | #779 | — |
| 1989 | 281 | — | #705 | — |
| 1988 | 212 | — | #849 | — |
| 1987 | 246 | — | #736 | — |
| 1986 | 282 | — | #655 | — |
| 1985 | 310 | — | #611 | — |
| 1984 | 368 | — | #525 | — |
| 1983 | 367 | — | #517 | — |
| 1982 | 391 | — | #515 | — |
| 1981 | 453 | — | #470 | — |
| 1980 | 452 | — | #470 | — |
| 1979 | 522 | — | #412 | — |
| 1978 | 598 | — | #356 | — |
| 1977 | 791 | — | #302 | — |
| 1976 | 464 | — | #432 | — |
| 1975 | 344 | — | #518 | — |
| 1974 | 446 | — | #437 | — |
| 1973 | 589 | — | #363 | — |
| 1972 | 357 | — | #496 | — |
| 1971 | 435 | — | #465 | — |
| 1970 | 297 | — | #594 | — |
| 1969 | 271 | — | #607 | — |
| 1968 | 271 | — | #582 | — |
| 1967 | 294 | — | #548 | — |
| 1966 | 298 | — | #549 | — |
| 1965 | 272 | — | #580 | — |
| 1964 | 226 | — | #681 | — |
| 1963 | 206 | — | #714 | — |
| 1962 | 241 | — | #653 | — |
| 1961 | 257 | — | #635 | — |
| 1960 | 199 | — | #720 | — |
| 1959 | 213 | — | #687 | — |
| 1958 | 212 | — | #680 | — |
| 1957 | 58 | — | #1,396 | — |
| 1956 | 53 | — | #1,467 | — |
| 1955 | 59 | — | #1,317 | — |
| 1954 | 85 | — | #1,070 | — |
| 1953 | 67 | — | #1,187 | — |
| 1952 | 90 | — | #996 | — |
| 1951 | 69 | — | #1,132 | — |
| 1950 | 58 | — | #1,222 | — |
| 1949 | 61 | — | #1,170 | — |
| 1948 | 57 | — | #1,208 | — |
| 1947 | 50 | — | #1,300 | — |
| 1946 | 41 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1945 | 50 | — | #1,119 | — |
| 1944 | 64 | — | #980 | — |
| 1943 | 42 | — | #1,270 | — |
| 1942 | 41 | — | #1,261 | — |
| 1941 | 27 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1940 | 22 | — | #1,736 | — |
| 1939 | 40 | — | #1,157 | — |
| 1938 | 35 | — | #1,246 | — |
| 1937 | 35 | — | #1,233 | — |
| 1936 | 25 | — | #1,499 | — |
| 1935 | 29 | — | #1,378 | — |
| 1934 | 25 | — | #1,512 | — |
| 1933 | 38 | — | #1,155 | — |
| 1932 | 31 | — | #1,342 | — |
| 1931 | 25 | — | #1,542 | — |
| 1930 | 44 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1929 | 46 | — | #1,093 | — |
| 1928 | 40 | — | #1,221 | — |
| 1927 | 36 | — | #1,356 | — |
| 1926 | 45 | — | #1,147 | — |
| 1925 | 43 | — | #1,193 | — |
| 1924 | 37 | — | #1,349 | — |
| 1923 | 44 | — | #1,172 | — |
| 1922 | 43 | — | #1,183 | — |
| 1921 | 44 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1920 | 46 | — | #1,115 | — |
| 1919 | 41 | — | #1,173 | — |
| 1918 | 32 | — | #1,377 | — |
| 1917 | 35 | — | #1,239 | — |
| 1916 | 34 | — | #1,244 | — |
| 1915 | 40 | — | #1,071 | — |
| 1914 | 37 | — | #984 | — |
| 1913 | 27 | — | #1,060 | — |
| 1912 | 28 | — | #972 | — |
| 1911 | 23 | — | #923 | — |
| 1910 | 21 | — | #967 | — |
| 1909 | 21 | — | #904 | — |
| 1908 | 19 | — | #936 | — |
| 1907 | 14 | — | #1,081 | — |
| 1906 | 16 | — | #956 | — |
| 1905 | 15 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1904 | 17 | — | #903 | — |
| 1903 | 23 | — | #711 | — |
| 1902 | 17 | — | #868 | — |
| 1901 | 17 | — | #822 | — |
| 1900 | 20 | — | #856 | — |
| 1899 | 11 | — | #1,019 | — |
| 1898 | 21 | — | #744 | — |
| 1897 | 16 | — | #819 | — |
| 1896 | 13 | — | #942 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #898 | — |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #764 | — |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #950 | — |
| 1891 | 17 | — | #662 | — |
| 1890 | 14 | — | #753 | — |
| 1889 | 11 | — | #833 | — |
| 1888 | 18 | — | #609 | — |
| 1887 | 14 | — | #629 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #770 | — |
| 1885 | 15 | — | #572 | — |
| 1884 | 11 | — | #675 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #912 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #1,016 | — |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #734 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #928 | — |