# Selina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/selina/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “heavenly” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Selena |
| US babies named this | 19,225 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 19,225 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,946, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

First recorded in England in the 17th century, possibly from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”), or a variant of Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon.

## What it means

Selina 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 | 224 | 1,103 |
| 2012 | 242 | 1,043 |
| 2013 | 213 | 1,133 |
| 2014 | 249 | 1,048 |
| 2015 | 222 | 1,142 |
| 2016 | 218 | 1,156 |
| 2017 | 214 | 1,157 |
| 2018 | 229 | 1,095 |
| 2019 | 205 | 1,166 |
| 2020 | 158 | 1,385 |
| 2021 | 176 | 1,292 |
| 2022 | 163 | 1,403 |
| 2023 | 168 | 1,347 |
| 2024 | 176 | 1,313 |
| 2025 | 176 | 1,278 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 738 |
| 2012 | 53 | 749 |
| 2013 | 50 | 772 |
| 2014 | 55 | 715 |
| 2015 | 46 | 819 |
| 2016 | 52 | 757 |
| 2017 | 53 | 753 |
| 2018 | 56 | 710 |
| 2019 | 44 | 838 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 48 | 767 |
| 2022 | 65 | 591 |
| 2023 | 44 | 813 |
| 2024 | 54 | 696 |
| 2025 | 64 | 610 |

## People named Selina

- Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, British countess (1707-1791)
- Selina Egle, Austrian luger
- Selina Hossain, Bengali writer (born 1947)
- Selina Grotian, German baithlete
- Selina Cerci, German footballer
- Selina Heregger, Austrian alpine skier
- Selina Cadell, British actress
- Selina Wagner, German association football player
- Selina Robinson, Canadian politician
- Salena, Austrian singer
- Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, British songwriter, composer, poet and author (1807–1867)

## 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.