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How popular is “Selina” in the USA?

Number of people named “Selina” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Selina” 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 “Selina” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Selina” by birth year

This chart shows how “Selina” 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 10 0.000049632 10 100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 100%
1883 14 0.000064532 14 100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 100%
1885 11 0.000045671 11 100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 100%
1890 24 0.000079628 24 100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 100%
1892 19 0.000056823 19 100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 100%
1897 22 0.000063408 22 100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 100%
1900 27 0.000059966 27 100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 100%
1903 20 0.000052466 20 100%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 100%
1905 19 0.00004482 19 100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 100%
1910 19 0.000032165 19 100%
1911 19 0.00002949 19 100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 100%
1913 20 0.000017588 20 100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 100%
1916 36 0.00001861 36 100%
1917 32 0.000015946 32 100%
1918 47 0.000021648 47 100%
1919 37 0.000017534 37 100%
1920 32 0.000014143 32 100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 100%
1923 37 0.00001607 37 100%
1924 34 0.000014276 34 100%
1925 28 0.000012 28 100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1943 23 0.000008149 23 100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 100%
1948 25 0.000007241 25 100%
1949 28 0.000008035 28 100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 100%
1951 54 0.000014659 54 100%
1952 36 0.000009479 36 100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 100%
1954 61 0.000015324 61 100%
1955 53 0.0000132 53 100%
1956 58 0.000014067 58 100%
1957 68 0.000016182 68 100%
1958 103 0.000024916 103 100%
1959 148 0.000035594 148 100%
1960 167 0.000040204 167 100%
1961 205 0.000049489 205 100%
1962 246 0.000060961 246 100%
1963 246 0.000062149 246 100%
1964 195 0.000050159 195 100%
1965 244 0.000067302 244 100%
1966 269 0.000077395 269 100%
1967 232 0.000068338 232 100%
1968 198 0.000058607 198 100%
1969 146 0.00004201 146 100%
1970 150 0.000041591 150 100%
1971 222 0.000064679 222 100%
1972 198 0.000062997 198 100%
1973 220 0.000072923 220 100%
1974 198 0.000065132 198 100%
1975 154 0.000051004 154 100%
1976 201 0.000066243 201 100%
1977 399 0.00012561 399 100%
1978 288 0.000090741 288 100%
1979 242 0.000072738 242 100%
1980 233 0.000067644 233 100%
1981 294 0.000084986 294 100%
1982 287 0.000081814 287 100%
1983 255 0.000073628 255 100%
1984 251 0.000071945 251 100%
1985 264 0.000073968 264 100%
1986 265 0.000074499 265 100%
1987 248 0.000068782 248 100%
1988 231 0.000062516 231 100%
1989 331 0.000086098 331 100%
1990 269 0.000068059 269 100%
1991 311 0.000079841 311 100%
1992 363 0.0000945 363 100%
1993 496 0.000131555 496 100%
1994 614 0.000165158 614 100%
1995 704 0.000192237 704 100%
1996 376 0.000103093 376 100%
1997 357 0.000098462 357 100%
1998 336 0.000091349 336 100%
1999 348 0.00009421 348 100%
2000 279 0.000073811 279 100%
2001 262 0.00006999 262 100%
2002 262 0.000070086 262 100%
2003 238 0.000062593 238 100%
2004 240 0.000062812 240 100%
2005 295 0.000076726 295 100%
2006 295 0.000074567 295 100%
2007 291 0.000072792 291 100%
2008 277 0.000070472 277 100%
2009 253 0.000066227 253 100%
2010 219 0.000059257 219 100%
2011 224 0.000061239 224 100%
2012 242 0.000066168 242 100%
2013 213 0.000058426 213 100%
2014 248 0.000066912 248 100%
2015 222 0.000059985 222 100%
2016 218 0.000059422 218 100%
2017 214 0.00005984 214 100%
2018 229 0.000065133 229 100%
2019 205 0.000059062 205 100%
2020 158 0.000047297 158 100%
2021 176 0.000051949 176 100%
2022 162 0.000047885 162 100%
2023 168 0.000050737 168 100%
2024 175 0.000052576 175 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Selina:

  1. Selik
  2. Selika
  3. Selim
  4. Selima
  5. Selin
  6. Selina (this page)
  7. Selinda
  8. Seline
  9. Selinna
  10. Selisa
  11. Selita