Selen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Selen: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,023 in 2001, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2023highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2411
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#2746
2001	#2023
2002	#3409
2005	#3970
2006	#2781
2007	#3667
2008	#5545
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2015	#3615
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2022	#5669
2023	#2689
2024	#4192

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2023 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Selen 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 Selen in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	36	7 of 10	5
2010s	26	6 of 10	4
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Selen appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2023 in England and Wales in 2001.

Selen'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,023, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

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.

Selah · #2411, 11y
Selam · #254, 23y
Selena · #267, 50y
Selene · #428, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

A'isha · #2023, 20y
Iffah · #2023, 17y
Josue · #2023, 20y
Rayhana · #2023, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

A'isha · #2023, 20y
Josue · #2023, 20y
Numa · #2023, 13y
Rayhana · #2023, 27y

Selen 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 Selen without appearing here.

Selen moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Selen

Malin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3681.
Ezra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2701 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #3397.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2233.

Moved the opposite way to Selen

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Selen

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selen went from #2683 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2023 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Selen

Selen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Selen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Selen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Selen and the names beside it

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Selen at a glance

Selen by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Selen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Selen and the names beside it

Selen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Selen

Moved the opposite way to Selen

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