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Selina
Rank in 2024
#1,307
Born in 2024
175
Peak year
1995 · #371
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 175 girls were named Selina, about 1 in every 9,218.
- It peaked in 1995 with 704 babies, ranked #371.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 19,045 girls have been named Selina since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Selina per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 665 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 308 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,791 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,594 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,559 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,418 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,388 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
First recorded in England in the 17th century, possibly from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”), or a variant of Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Selina, CC BY-SA 4.0.