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Selina

Gender
Girl
Say it
se-LEE-na
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#643 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,272 for girls

Selina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 643rd for girls in the UK (64 babies) and 1,272nd for girls in the US (176 babies).

What does Selina mean?

Greek: probably linked with Selene, moon, or with Celine

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, was an 18th-century leader of the Methodist revival.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Selina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the UK and 176 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Selina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
643rd among girls
Babies in 2025
64 about 1 in 4,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were named Selina, making it the 643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 161 girls.

Half of all the girls named Selina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 247 girls in the UK were given Selina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #224, up from #643 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 610th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 161 in 19962025
Selina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202564#643
202454#749
202346#843
202265#634
202149#816
202045#862
201946#862
201858#744
201755#784
201655#778
201551#812
201456#754
201352#794
201256#765
201156#742
201073#604
200973#581
200876#549
200771#570
200659#623
200563#576
200451#639
200380#472
200253#600
200159#545
200077#444
199992#389
1998114#345
1997118#332
1996161#260

How popular is Selina in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,272nd among girls
Babies in 2025
176 about 1 in 9,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 176 girls in the US were named Selina, making it the 1,272nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,373rd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 704 girls.

Half of all the girls named Selina in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,675 girls in the US were given Selina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #217, up from #1,272 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 704 in 19952025
Selina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025176#1,272
2024176#1,305
2023168#1,344
2022163#1,401
2021176#1,291
2020158#1,373
2019205#1,164
2018229#1,093
2017214#1,154
2016218#1,152
2015222#1,139
2014249#1,040
2013213#1,133
2012242#1,041
2011224#1,096
2010219#1,122
2009253#1,027
2008277#968
2007291#929
2006295#900
2005295#856
2004240#987
2003238#973
2002262#873
2001262#874
2000279#811
1999348#659
1998336#680
1997357#629
1996376#608
1995704#371
1994614#408
1993496#499
1992363#623
1991311#688
1990270#763
1989331#632
1988231#800
1987248#729
1986265#688
1985264#681
1984251#676
1983255#671
1982287#627
1981294#618
1980233#718
1979242#698
1978288#592
1977399#479
1976201#732
1975154#868
1974198#725
1973220#679
1972198#722
1971222#686
1970150#884
1969146#861
1968198#688
1967232#624
1966269#576
1965244#625
1964195#745
1963246#644
1962246#644
1961205#727
1960167#796
1959148#839
1958103#1,027
195768#1,273
195658#1,364
195553#1,370
195461#1,266
195336#1,647
195236#1,610
195154#1,265
195027#1,834
194928#1,806
194825#1,900
194722#2,088
194613#2,738
194527#1,587
194419#1,966
194323#1,790
19429#3,192
194113#2,396
194012#2,423
193919#1,797
193812#2,447
193714#2,196
193614#2,153
193518#1,845
193415#2,086
193318#1,835
193215#2,129
193112#2,425
193024#1,606
192919#1,891
192825#1,636
192720#1,934
192633#1,387
192528#1,575
192434#1,409
192337#1,283
192232#1,430
192122#1,867
192032#1,407
191937#1,242
191847#1,061
191732#1,281
191636#1,189
191527#1,367
191417#1,603
191320#1,274
191227#978
191119#1,007
191019#997
190914#1,104
190813#1,135
190719#871
190615#965
190519#848
190416#910
190320#760
190213#972
190117#795
190027#688
189913#906
189822#697
189722#660
189617#790
189526#596
189411#950
189312#865
189219#666
189119#608
189024#538
188918#600
188813#724
188715#586
18869#778
188511#658
188411#640
188314#517
18820–
18819#582
188010#547

Names like Selina

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

Melissa, Francesca, Jessica, Georgina, Sophia, Serena, Alexandra, Lydia, Athena, Helena, Elena, Samantha

Other spellings of Selina

Selena, Celina

Names related to Selina

Selin, Seline, Selen, Salina, Shelina, Zelina, Solina, Sheylin

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

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