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How popular is “Selena” in the USA?

Number of people named “Selena” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Selena” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Selena” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Selena” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Selena” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Selena” by birth year

This chart shows how “Selena” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 100%
1890 14 0.00004645 14 100%
1891 17 0.000059301 17 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 100%
1898 21 0.000055052 21 100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 20 0.000044419 20 100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 100%
1908 19 0.000038883 19 100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 100%
1910 21 0.00003555 21 100%
1911 23 0.000035699 23 100%
1912 28 0.000028338 28 100%
1913 27 0.000023744 27 100%
1914 37 0.000026124 37 100%
1915 40 0.000021829 40 100%
1916 34 0.000017576 34 100%
1917 35 0.000017441 35 100%
1918 32 0.000014739 32 100%
1919 41 0.000019429 41 100%
1920 46 0.00002033 46 100%
1921 44 0.000018848 44 100%
1922 43 0.000018784 43 100%
1923 44 0.00001911 44 100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 100%
1925 43 0.000018429 43 100%
1926 45 0.0000196 45 100%
1927 36 0.000015522 36 100%
1928 40 0.000017692 40 100%
1929 46 0.000020984 46 100%
1930 44 0.000019791 44 100%
1931 25 0.00001188 25 100%
1932 31 0.000014683 31 100%
1933 38 0.000019005 38 100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 100%
1935 29 0.000013876 29 100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 100%
1937 35 0.000016427 35 100%
1938 35 0.000015819 35 100%
1939 40 0.000018153 40 100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 100%
1941 27 0.000011082 27 100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 100%
1943 42 0.00001488 42 100%
1944 64 0.000023791 64 100%
1945 50 0.000018847 50 100%
1946 41 0.000012831 41 100%
1947 50 0.00001388 50 100%
1948 57 0.00001651 57 100%
1949 61 0.000017505 61 100%
1950 58 0.000016556 58 100%
1951 69 0.000018731 69 100%
1952 90 0.000023697 90 100%
1953 67 0.000017386 67 100%
1954 85 0.000021353 85 100%
1955 59 0.000014695 59 100%
1956 53 0.000012855 53 100%
1957 58 0.000013802 58 100%
1958 212 0.000051283 212 100%
1959 214 0.000051467 214 100%
1960 198 0.000047667 198 100%
1961 257 0.000062043 257 100%
1962 241 0.000059722 241 100%
1963 206 0.000052044 206 100%
1964 226 0.000058133 226 100%
1965 272 0.000075025 272 100%
1966 298 0.000085739 298 100%
1967 294 0.000086601 294 100%
1968 271 0.000080215 271 100%
1969 271 0.000077978 271 100%
1970 297 0.000082351 297 100%
1971 435 0.000126735 435 100%
1972 357 0.000113586 357 100%
1973 589 0.000195234 589 100%
1974 446 0.000146711 446 100%
1975 344 0.00011393 344 100%
1976 464 0.000152918 464 100%
1977 791 0.000249017 791 100%
1978 597 0.000188098 597 100%
1979 522 0.000156898 522 100%
1980 451 0.000130933 451 100%
1981 454 0.000131238 454 100%
1982 391 0.000111461 391 100%
1983 367 0.000105967 367 100%
1984 368 0.000105482 368 100%
1985 310 0.000086856 310 100%
1986 282 0.000079279 282 100%
1987 246 0.000068227 246 100%
1988 212 0.000057374 212 100%
1989 281 0.000073092 281 100%
1990 263 0.000066541 263 100%
1991 313 0.000080354 313 100%
1992 375 0.000097624 375 100%
1993 663 0.000175849 663 100%
1994 918 0.00024693 918 100%
1995 3840 0.001048563 3825 15 99%
1996 2296 0.000629525 2291 5 100%
1997 2007 0.000553541 1998 9 99%
1998 2278 0.000619324 2278 100%
1999 2123 0.000574736 2118 5 100%
2000 1651 0.000436784 1645 6 99%
2001 1491 0.000398302 1485 6 99%
2002 1293 0.00034588 1288 5 99%
2003 1179 0.000310074 1179 100%
2004 1248 0.000326623 1242 6 99%
2005 1379 0.000358662 1379 100%
2006 1164 0.000294223 1164 100%
2007 1059 0.000264903 1059 100%
2008 957 0.00024347 957 100%
2009 1019 0.000266742 1019 100%
2010 983 0.000265982 983 100%
2011 986 0.000269562 986 100%
2012 1052 0.000287639 1052 100%
2013 943 0.000258663 943 100%
2014 960 0.000259013 960 100%
2015 1014 0.000273987 1014 100%
2016 1125 0.000306648 1125 100%
2017 1305 0.000364913 1305 100%
2018 1316 0.0003743 1316 100%
2019 1334 0.000384335 1334 100%
2020 1242 0.000371792 1242 100%
2021 1452 0.000428578 1452 100%
2022 1279 0.000378052 1279 100%
2023 1306 0.000394419 1306 100%
2024 1289 0.000387261 1289 100%

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