Selena

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Selena: Recorded since 1969, its highest recorded position is #267, and it stood at #304 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#267highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1543
1998	#955
1999	#1317
2000	#897
2001	#1025
2002	#1530
2003	#1383
2004	#1043
2005	#916
2006	#1325
2007	#1160
2008	#1206
2009	#1055
2010	#1040
2011	#915
2012	#779
2013	#743
2014	#640
2015	#708
2016	#645
2017	#565
2018	#560
2019	#480
2020	#457
2021	#389
2022	#366
2023	#267
2024	#313

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 Republic of Ireland in 44 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2024: #294 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #313 among girls in England and Wales, #351 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #351 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #267 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Selena appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 269 births with the name.

Selena across 3 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.

Selena'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#351 (1969)	#284 (1976)	#304 (2025)	44 of 57	269 (1969–2025)	14 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#267 (2023)	#313 (2024)	29 of 29	1,505 (1996–2024)	169 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#432 (2017)	#354 (2022)	#354 (2022)	2 of 6	7 (2017–2022)	4 (2022)

Selena by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Selena in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	39	7 of 10	6
1980s	53	9 of 10	6
1990s	14	4 of 10	4
2000s	29	7 of 10	4
2010s	69	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	60	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Selena 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 4 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #267 in England and Wales in 2023.

Selena'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	#313	138	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#267	169	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#366	116	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#389	115	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#457	89	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#480	86	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#560	74	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#565	76	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#645	65	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#708	56	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#640	63	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#743	53	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#779	50	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#915	39	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1040	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1055	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1160	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#916	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1043	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1025	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#351	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #267, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 169 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 55 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.

Selam · #254, 23y
Selen · #2023, 22y
Selene · #428, 28y
Selihom · #2058, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Imran · #263, 50y
Mike · #263, 51y
Cristian · #257, 55y
Alisa · #255, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Edita · #268, 27y
Eunice · #268, 39y
Khaled · #268, 64y
Thuy · #266, 35y

Selena was ranked #267 in England and Wales · Girls in 2023. 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.

Selena 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 Selena without appearing here.

Selena moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1530 and #1530 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1383 and #2191.
Alison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1055 and #1022 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1040 and #1815.
Belinda Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1383 and #909 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1043 and #1715.
Teresa Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1040 and #1040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #915 and #1545.

Moved ahead of Selena

Mila Compare
In 2005 they stood at #916 and #931 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #649.
Olive Compare
In 2005 they stood at #916 and #1012 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #816.
Ada Compare
In 2005 they stood at #916 and #951 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #976.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1055 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1040 and #773.

Moved the opposite way to Selena

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selena went from #1168 to #313 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selena went from #1168 to #313 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selena went from #1168 to #313 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selena went from #1168 to #313 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Selena

Barbara Compare
Between 1969 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selena went from #351 to #555 and Barbara from #56 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1969 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selena went from #351 to #555 and Diane from #178 to #727.
Ingrid Compare
Between 1969 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selena went from #351 to #555 and Ingrid from #221 to #856.
Jude Compare
Between 1969 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selena went from #351 to #555 and Jude from #231 to #727.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #267 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Selena

Selena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Selena across 3 official records

Selena by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Selena appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Selena and the names beside it

Selena moved ahead of

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Selena at a glance

Selena across 3 official records

Selena by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Selena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Selena

Selena and the names beside it

Selena moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Selena

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