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Selin

Gender
Girl
Say it
seh-LEEN
Origin
Turkish
UK rank, 2025
#865 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,902 for girls

Selin is a girls' name of Turkish origin. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies) and 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).

Where does Selin come from?

Turkish

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

Selin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK and 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Selin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#865among girls
Babies in 2025
44about 1 in 6,300 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 79% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Selin, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th.

2025 had the most girls named Selin of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Selin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 52 girls in the UK were given Selin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #716, up from #865 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 816th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 44 in 20252025
Selin in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202544#865
202431#1,143
202329#1,209
202230#1,187
202131#1,162
202021#1,526
201922#1,485
201815#2,000
201723#1,497
201618#1,781
201516#1,900
201420#1,596
201320#1,617
201217#1,828
201118#1,696
201014#2,004
200923#1,360
200824#1,293
200718#1,544
200632#975
200527#1,022
200427#1,006
200320#1,216
200228#904
200134#783
200023#1,016
199919#1,149
199818#1,199
199727#895
199617#1,179

How popular is Selin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,902among girls
Babies in 2025
37about 1 in 43,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Selin, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Selin than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Selin in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Selin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.

1981Busiest: 45 in 20062025
Selin in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202537#3,902
202430#4,558
202326#4,996
202219#6,224
202117#6,686
202019#6,079
201926#5,039
201826#5,003
201738#3,918
201632#4,422
201533#4,294
201423#5,623
201333#4,334
201234#4,294
201125#5,356
201032#4,493
200931#4,676
200833#4,549
200734#4,379
200645#3,504
200537#3,872
200444#3,387
200338#3,651
200233#3,885
200136#3,627
200033#3,803
199944#2,988
199836#3,350
199720#5,006
199614#6,387
199516#5,672
199418#5,244
199318#5,200
19928#9,483
19918#9,328
19907#10,187
19897#9,675
19887#9,239
19875#11,320
19860–
19857#8,315
19840–
19830–
19828#7,467
19815#10,409

Names like Selin

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

Other spellings of Selin

Names related to Selin

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