Selin

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Selin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Selin: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #718, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#718highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#850
1998	#1122
1999	#1060
2000	#930
2001	#732
2002	#842
2003	#1129
2004	#963
2005	#990
2006	#928
2007	#1443
2008	#1206
2009	#1287
2010	#1901
2011	#1608
2012	#1720
2013	#1537
2014	#1501
2015	#1783
2016	#1834
2017	#1411
2018	#1977
2019	#1389
2020	#1449
2021	#1161
2022	#1142
2023	#1135
2024	#1097

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1389 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2019–2025
Highest recorded position: #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2019–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Selin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 652 births with the name.

Selin across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Selin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#732 (2001)	#1097 (2024)	29 of 29	652 (1996–2024)	34 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#871 (2019)	#718 (2025)	#718 (2025)	2 of 7	7 (2019–2025)	4 (2025)

Selin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Selin in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	80	4 of 10	20
2000s	253	10 of 10	25
2010s	180	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	139	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Selin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Selin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1097	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1135	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1449	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1287	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#928	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#990	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#963	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#732	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#850	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #718, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Selihom · #2058, 12y
Selim · #770, 21y
Selina · #166, 58y
Seline · #284, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y
Heaven · #718, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arbaaz · #718, 20y
Dallas · #718, 29y
Farida · #718, 30y
Haneen · #718, 30y

Selin was ranked #718 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Selin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Selin without appearing here.

Selin moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1537 and #4739.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1449 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1161 and #2499.
Kim Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1901 and #1901 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1608 and #2893.

Moved ahead of Selin

Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1287 and #1526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #1218.
Mina Compare
In 2006 they stood at #928 and #1052 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1443 and #836.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1501 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1783 and #1240.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1411 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Selin

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selin went from #732 to #1097 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.

Moved the same way as Selin

Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Selin went from #1112 to #1977 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Selin went from #1112 to #1977 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Selin went from #1112 to #1977 and Jayden from #2350 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Selin went from #1112 to #1977 and Kristy from #620 to #5666.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #718 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Selin

Selin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Selin across 2 official records

Selin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Selin appears in

Popularity data

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Selin at a glance

Selin across 2 official records

Selin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Selin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Selin

Selin and the names beside it

Selin moved ahead of

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