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Selena

Gender
Girl
Say it
se-LEE-na
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#332 for girls
US rank, 2025
#268 for girls

Selena is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 332nd for girls in the UK (145 babies) and 268th for girls in the US (1,170 babies).

What does Selena mean?

Greek: form of Selene

“moon”

A form of Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Selena a girl's or a boy's name?

Selena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 145 girls in the UK and 1,170 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Selena in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#332among girls
Babies in 2025
145about 1 in 1,900 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 79% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 145 girls in the UK were named Selena, making it the 332nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 475th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 176 girls.

Half of all the girls named Selena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 247 girls in the UK were given Selena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #224, up from #332 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 324th in England and Wales, 387th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 176 in 20232025
Selena in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025145#332
2024147#324
2023176#283
2022128#376
2021115#428
202093#475
201990#509
201879#577
201781#585
201669#667
201557#748
201467#655
201357#752
201253#799
201141#936
201034#1,055
200932#1,062
200826#1,215
200726#1,170
200619#1,418
200531#943
200425#1,048
200316#1,420
200214#1,475
200120#1,118
200024#987
199914#1,415
199824#981
199712#1,559
199616#1,244

How popular is Selena in the US?

Rank in 2025
#268among girls
Babies in 2025
1,170about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 3% in five years
Same name in a class
1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,170 girls in the US were named Selena, making it the 268th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 242nd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 3,825 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Selena than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Selena in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,675 girls in the US were given Selena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #217, up from #268 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 3,825 in 19952025
Selena in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,170#268
20241,294#245
20231,307#229
20221,280#239
20211,453#203
20201,243#242
20191,336#233
20181,316#248
20171,306#243
20161,126#287
20151,016#320
2014960#345
2013945#342
20121,053#304
2011986#319
2010984#326
20091,019#321
2008957#349
20071,059#319
20061,164#284
20051,379#242
20041,242#258
20031,179#267
20021,288#246
20011,485#214
20001,645#193
19992,118#153
19982,279#139
19971,998#157
19962,291#142
19953,825#91
1994918#301
1993663#384
1992375#605
1991313#686
1990263#778
1989281#702
1988212#848
1987246#733
1986282#654
1985310#610
1984368#524
1983367#517
1982391#514
1981453#469
1980452#470
1979522#412
1978598#356
1977791#302
1976464#430
1975344#518
1974446#434
1973589#362
1972357#495
1971435#465
1970297#591
1969271#605
1968271#582
1967294#548
1966298#547
1965272#580
1964226#680
1963206#711
1962241#650
1961257#634
1960199#720
1959213#687
1958212#679
195758#1,387
195653#1,452
195559#1,308
195485#1,063
195367#1,177
195290#993
195169#1,115
195058#1,211
194961#1,164
194857#1,196
194750#1,289
194641#1,359
194550#1,113
194464#971
194342#1,250
194241#1,249
194127#1,501
194022#1,682
193940#1,149
193835#1,231
193735#1,219
193625#1,480
193529#1,356
193425#1,481
193338#1,140
193231#1,320
193125#1,501
193044#1,117
192946#1,078
192840#1,209
192736#1,331
192645#1,133
192543#1,176
192437#1,328
192344#1,158
192243#1,168
192144#1,148
192046#1,103
191941#1,155
191832#1,360
191735#1,219
191634#1,227
191540#1,055
191437#972
191327#1,040
191228#960
191123#898
191021#941
190921#890
190819#912
190714#1,037
190616#917
190515#968
190417#880
190323#695
190217#849
190117#795
190020#833
189911#983
189821#719
189716#786
189613#903
189511#986
189413#850
189316#739
189211#908
189117#644
189014#727
188911#802
188818#593
188714#608
188610#731
188515#557
188411#640
18836#817
18825#908
18817#679
18805#836

Names like Selena

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sophia Athena Elena Fatima Lara Sienna Aurora Ariana Alina Thea Ava Eliana

Other spellings of Selena

Selina Celina

Names related to Selena

Selin Selene Seline Selen Saleena Shelina Zelena Seleen

More Greek names

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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, “Selena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/selena, updated 20 October 2026.