Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Selena

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Selena
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1995

Peak rank proxy

3,825

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19952024

Peak year

1995

Decline from peak

66.3%

2024

1,289

All-time

58,696

Selena has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1995, when 3,825 girls were named Selena.

In 2024, only 1,289 girls were given the name.

Down 66.3% from its peak.

All told, about 58,696 Americans have been named Selena and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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