Selenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-LEE-nee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Selenia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Selenia mean?
Greek: elaboration of Selena, from Greek selene
“moon”
Princess Selenia is the heroine of Luc Besson's Arthur and the Invisibles.
Is Selenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Selenia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Selenia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Selenia, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Selenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Selenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Nicknames for Selenia
- Selena 145 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Selenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Ariana, Anastasia, Olivia, Alessandra, Alexia, Samantha, Alexandria, Elysia, Amelia, Octavia, Serena
Names related to Selenia
Selena, Selene, Selina, Seline, Selin, Selen, Seleen, Saleena
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Selenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/selenia, updated 20 October 2026.