first name
SELINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,344 people named Selina, 37.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28.2% as White and 15.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Selina peaked in 1995, when 704 babies got the name.
At least 19,225 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Selina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,075. The largest share of babies named Selina, 28.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Selina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Selina has been most common in Arizona (2.7×), California (2.3×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.22×).
14,239 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 Selina
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Selina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Selina ranks #151,639 of 156,621, with 107 people. See Selina as a last name
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