Selena
Pronounced S AH0 L IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1995
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Selena?
Selena is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 101,032 children — the 359th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1995, when 5,318 children were given it.
Celina is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Selena and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Celina
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S AH0 L IY1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Selena
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Selena
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Selena?
- Selena ranks 359th among girls' names in US records, with 101,032 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 17,112.
- Is Selena a unisex name?
- No. Selena is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Selena most popular?
- 1995, when 5,318 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Selena spelled?
- Celina. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.