How rare is the name Selene?

9,318 people in the United States have the first name Selene, about 1 in 32,414. It ranks #2,578 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SELENE

#2,578

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,318
About
1 in 32,414
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,318 people named Selene, 71.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% as White and 4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Selene peaked in 2025, when 469 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
469
In 2025*
469
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,718 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Selene by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,349. The largest share of babies named Selene, 43.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#9,76523
1930s#9,91512
1940s#5,70979
1950s#4,470161
1960s#3,122359
1970s#3,080473
1980s#3,518481
1990s#1,9731,613
2000s#2,2881,709
2010s#1,9682,348
2020s#1,3492,455
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–643.7%
Generation X 1965–807.6%
Millennials 1981–9617%
Generation Z 1997–1227.6%
2013 and later43.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Selene is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Selene has been most common in California (3.5×), Arizona (3.4×), and Texas (2.6×), and least common in Ohio (0.24×).

7,112 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Selene

#2,576 Ruthann · 9,335#2,577 Brodie · 9,321#2,579 Caren · 9,317#2,580 Davon · 9,316

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Selene, most common first.

#993 Selena · 43,320#18,954 Seline · 564#28,745 Selen · 311#44,359 Seleni · 156#44,846 Selenne · 153

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