# Selena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/selena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “heavenly”, “sky”, “heaven” |
| Pronunciation | /səˈlinə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Sel |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 59,944 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57 / 59,887 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,639, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Either a variant of Selina, from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”, from caelum (“sky, heaven”)), or from Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.

## What it means

Selena is grouped under sky.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 986 | 319 |
| 2012 | 1,053 | 304 |
| 2013 | 945 | 344 |
| 2014 | 960 | 345 |
| 2015 | 1,016 | 321 |
| 2016 | 1,126 | 287 |
| 2017 | 1,306 | 243 |
| 2018 | 1,316 | 248 |
| 2019 | 1,336 | 234 |
| 2020 | 1,243 | 242 |
| 2021 | 1,453 | 203 |
| 2022 | 1,280 | 239 |
| 2023 | 1,307 | 229 |
| 2024 | 1,294 | 245 |
| 2025 | 1,170 | 268 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 15 | 4,237 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,282 |
| 1997 | 9 | 6,525 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,320 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,131 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,337 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12,189 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11,121 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 50 | 779 |
| 2013 | 53 | 743 |
| 2014 | 63 | 640 |
| 2015 | 56 | 708 |
| 2016 | 65 | 645 |
| 2017 | 76 | 565 |
| 2018 | 74 | 560 |
| 2019 | 86 | 480 |
| 2020 | 89 | 457 |
| 2021 | 115 | 389 |
| 2022 | 116 | 366 |
| 2023 | 169 | 267 |
| 2024 | 138 | 313 |
| 2025 | 134 | 324 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Селена
- Chinese: 莎麗娜 /莎丽娜, 塞萊娜 /塞莱娜
- Czech: Selena
- Danish: Celina
- French: Sélène, Séléna, Céline
- German: Selina, Celina, Celine
- Hindi: सेलेना
- Italian: Selena, Celina
- Japanese: セレーナ
- Korean: 셀레나
- Norwegian: Celine, Celina
- Polish: Celina, Selena
- Portuguese: Selena
- Russian: Селе́на
- Slovene: Selena
- Spanish: Selena, Celina

## People named Selena

- Selena Gomez, American singer and actress (born 1992)
- Selena Royle, American actress (1904-1983)
- Selena Piek, badminton player
- Selena Steele, American pornographic actress and erotic dancer
- Selena Silver, Australian pornographic actress
- Séléna Janicijevic, French tennis player
- Selena Rose, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.