Selene

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Selene: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 16 years, its highest recorded position is #428, and it stood at #1,262 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#428highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Selene's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2006	#3116
2007	#3667
2008	#3397
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2012	#2215
2013	#2313
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2017	#2925
2018	#1788
2019	#2040
2020	#1618
2021	#1569
2022	#1416
2023	#1705
2024	#1262

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 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #518 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1977–1979
Highest recorded position: #428 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1978 (recorded 1977–1979).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1262 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Selene appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 25 ranked years and 231 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1977.

Selene 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.

Selene'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	#2683 (1996)	#1262 (2024)	#1262 (2024)	25 of 29	231 (1996–2024)	26 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#518 (1977)	#428 (1978)	#467 (1979)	3 of 3	12 (1977–1979)	5 (1978)

Selene 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 Selene in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	35	8 of 10	4
2010s	81	9 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	102	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Selene 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 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #428 in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Selene'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	#1262	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	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 1977 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #428, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 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.

Selen · #2023, 22y
Selena · #267, 50y
Selihom · #2058, 12y
Selim · #770, 21y

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.

Jermaine · #428, 29y
Saira · #428, 29y
Gianluca · #427, 29y
Ravi · #427, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kiva · #428, 12y
Charleen · #420, 13y
Zelda · #420, 27y
Shirin · #414, 40y

Selene was ranked #428 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1978. 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.

Selene 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 Selene without appearing here.

Selene moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #5666.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #5876.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Selene

Ida Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #2738.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Selene

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Selene

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selene went from #2683 to #1262 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #428 in Republic of Ireland in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Selene

Selene at a glance

What stands out in Selene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Selene across 2 official records

Selene by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Selene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Selene at a glance

What stands out in Selene's record

Selene across 2 official records

Selene by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Selene appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Selene

Selene and the names beside it

Selene moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Selene

Moved the opposite way to Selene

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