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Selia

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Selia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Selia mean?

Latin: variant of Celia, from the Roman family name Caelius

“heavenly”

A spelling of Celia; Celia is Rosalind's loyal cousin in Shakespeare's As You Like It.

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

Selia is a girls' name.

How popular is Selia in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.

Half of all the girls named Selia in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1918Busiest: 20 in 20032024
Selia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20248#11,117
20236#13,456
202212#8,536
20217#12,201
20205#15,083
20190–
201810#9,801
20177#12,709
201610#10,109
20159#10,861
20140–
201313#8,575
20128#12,193
20117#13,339
201013#8,697
200914#8,450
200817#7,404
200712#9,535
200616#7,480
20059#10,915
200420#5,965
200320#5,790
200216#6,692
20019#10,095
200014#7,152
199912#7,710
19988#10,116
19979#9,012
19968#9,576
19956#11,778
19946#11,771
19930–
19926#11,730
19910–
19906#11,403
19899#8,031
19880–
19870–
19866#9,540
198510#6,455
19845#10,417
198315#4,685
19826#9,235
19810–
198012#5,543
19790–
19780–
19778#6,890
19769#6,046
19755#9,065
19746#7,678
197312#4,585
197210#5,108
19710–
19705#7,994
196910#4,722
19680–
19675#6,803
19666#5,808
19657#5,288
19640–
19637#5,295
19620–
19615#6,566
19608#4,772
195912#3,618
195810#3,924
195712#3,488
19569#4,160
19557#4,739
19548#4,276
19530–
19520–
19515#5,413
19500–
19496#4,672
19489#3,591
19470–
19460–
194516#2,148
19440–
19435#4,690
19420–
19410–
19407#3,501
19390–
19389#2,938
19376#3,798
19365#4,179
19355#4,202
19345#4,284
193310#2,687
19329#3,045
19319#2,970
19305#4,548
192910#2,920
192811#2,766
19279#3,282
19266#4,304
19257#4,027
19247#4,000
192312#2,732
19227#4,009
19210–
19207#3,955
19190–
19185#4,807

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