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Selene
Pronounced /sɪˈliːni/
Rank in 2024
#674
Born in 2024
424
Peak year
2022 · #689
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 424 girls were named Selene, about 1 in every 3,805.
- It peaked in 2022 with 425 babies, ranked #689.
- It first shows up in the records in 1919.
- 9,240 girls have been named Selene since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Selene per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 16 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 52 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 361 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 737 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,650 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,683 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,741 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, proper noun), from σέλας (sélas, “light”).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /sɪˈliːni/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Selene, CC BY-SA 4.0.