Selyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEL-in
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Selyn is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
Where does Selyn come from?
Rare name; perhaps Welsh or a short form of Selina
Is Selyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Selyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Selyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 533% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Selyn, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Selyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
Names like Selyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robyn, Hazel, Stevie, Eden, Sadie, Maeve, Bonnie, Billie, Winnie, Nora, Romy, Daphne
Names related to Selyn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Selyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/selyn, updated 20 October 2026.