Selina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Selina: Recorded since 1966, it reached #166 in 1985, and it stood at #227 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
114times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#166highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#248
1997	#319
1998	#328
1999	#367
2000	#438
2001	#504
2002	#574
2003	#450
2004	#607
2005	#562
2006	#586
2007	#544
2008	#515
2009	#565
2010	#567
2011	#738
2012	#749
2013	#772
2014	#715
2015	#819
2016	#757
2017	#753
2018	#710
2019	#838
2020	#821
2021	#767
2022	#591
2023	#813
2024	#696

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 Republic of Ireland in 47 of the 59 years from 1966 to 2024.

In 2024: #270 among girls in Norway, #696 among girls in England and Wales, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2024
Highest recorded position: #166 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1966–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #227 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Selina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 378 births with the name.

Selina 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.

Selina'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	#380 (1966)	#166 (1985)	#898 (2024)	47 of 59	378 (1966–2024)	33 (1985)
Norway · Girls	#679 (1985)	#220 (2018)	#227 (2025)	37 of 41	515 (1985–2025)	25 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#248 (1996)	#248 (1996)	#696 (2024)	29 of 29	1,882 (1996–2024)	158 (1996)

Selina 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 Selina in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	15	4 of 10	4
1970s	47	8 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	189	10 of 10	19
1990s	62	9 of 10	7
2000s	27	7 of 10	4
2010s	23	5 of 10	5
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Selina 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 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Selina'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	#696	54	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#813	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#591	65	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#767	48	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#821	44	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#838	44	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#710	56	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#753	53	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#757	52	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#819	46	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#715	55	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#772	50	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#749	53	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#738	52	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#567	70	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#565	68	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#515	75	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#544	68	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#586	58	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#562	59	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#607	50	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#450	76	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#574	50	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#504	58	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#438	70	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#367	88	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#328	108	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#319	110	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#248	158	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#227	19	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#270	15	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#373	9	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#427	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#318	11	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#241	19	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#323	12	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#220	23	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#235	22	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#295	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#329	14	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#251	22	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#231	25	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#328	15	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#289	18	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#251	23	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#267	20	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#320	15	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#300	16	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#440	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#289	16	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#320	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#323	13	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#261	17	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#271	17	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#229	21	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#281	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#310	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#460	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#320	13	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#490	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#601	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#681	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#468	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#690	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#679	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	13	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	33	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	27	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	31	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	20	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #166, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 158 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1985, and 31 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.

Selim · #770, 21y
Selin · #718, 30y
Seline · #284, 35y
Selma · #5, 67y

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.

Agata · #166, 56y
Maud · #161, 59y
Serena · #159, 61y
Rhona · #175, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Agata · #166, 56y
Louisa · #166, 59y
Arturas · #167, 35y
Ernest · #167, 48y

Selina was ranked #166 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1985. 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.

Selina 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 Selina without appearing here.

Selina moved ahead of

Sinead Compare
In 2015 they stood at #819 and #722 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #757 and #1241.
Kerry Compare
In 2007 they stood at #544 and #527 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #515 and #972.
Aimee Compare
In 2020 they stood at #821 and #749 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #767 and #1195.
Jordan Compare
In 2004 they stood at #607 and #581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #562 and #951.

Moved ahead of Selina

Evie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #400 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #166.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #567 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #738 and #261.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #738 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #749 and #284.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #838 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #821 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Selina

Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 while Alexandra went from #288 to #145.
Annie Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 while Annie went from #139 to #41.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #31.
Cara Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 while Cara went from #344 to #37.

Moved the same way as Selina

Audrey Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 and Audrey from #63 to #898.
Camilla Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 and Camilla from #236 to #556.
Eileen Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 and Eileen from #18 to #372.
Margaret Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Selina went from #380 to #898 and Margaret from #3 to #181.

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 4 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #166 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Selina

Selina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Selina across 3 official records

Selina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Selina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Selina

Selina and the names beside it

Selina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Selina

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Moved the same way as Selina

Selina at a glance

Selina across 3 official records

Selina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Selina 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 Selina

Selina and the names beside it

Selina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Selina

Moved the opposite way to Selina

Moved the same way as Selina