Salena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-LEE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Salena is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Salena mean?
Greek: spelling of Selena
“moon”
Selene was the Greek goddess of the moon.
Is Salena a girl's or a boy's name?
Salena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Salena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Salena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Salena, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 197 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
2025 had fewer girls named Salena than any year since 1956.
Half of all the girls named Salena in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,939 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,201 |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,046 |
| 2002 | 73 | #2,248 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,747 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,615 |
| 1999 | 129 | #1,369 |
| 1998 | 137 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 146 | #1,223 |
| 1996 | 171 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 197 | #950 |
| 1994 | 145 | #1,206 |
| 1993 | 154 | #1,146 |
| 1992 | 119 | #1,378 |
| 1991 | 103 | #1,500 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,406 |
| 1989 | 123 | #1,274 |
| 1988 | 108 | #1,326 |
| 1987 | 112 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 99 | #1,327 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,522 |
| 1984 | 88 | #1,355 |
| 1983 | 78 | #1,475 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,474 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,328 |
| 1980 | 80 | #1,494 |
| 1979 | 112 | #1,178 |
| 1978 | 121 | #1,085 |
| 1977 | 188 | #796 |
| 1976 | 97 | #1,172 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,498 |
| 1974 | 80 | #1,323 |
| 1973 | 84 | #1,239 |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,541 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,500 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,719 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,784 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,056 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,914 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,893 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,888 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,677 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
Names like Salena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lara Sophia Jessica Selena Athena Elena Fatima Melissa Sara Francesca Serena Alexandra
Names related to Salena
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Salena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salena, updated 20 October 2026.