Selina
About Selina
The Selina spelling swims below the Top 1000, which it fell off more than 15 years ago. Still, more than 160 baby girls were named Selina in 2023, compared with over 1300 named Selena and more than 1000 called the fashion-friendly Celine.
The Selina spelling was used for the Julia Louis-Dreyfus character on Veep and is also the spelling used by Catwoman alter-ego Selina Kaye.
While Selina looks as if it might be pronounced sel-eye-na and undoubtedly is by some bearers, its proper pronunciation is sel-ee-na.
Pronounced suh-LEE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Selina ranked #1278 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #372 in 1995.
Editor's take: The name Selina is a girl's name meaning "moon; heaven".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,050 | 248 | 138.8 |
| 2015 | #1,142 | 222 | 124.4 |
| 2016 | #1,155 | 218 | 123 |
| 2017 | #1,157 | 214 | 124 |
| 2018 | #1,094 | 229 | 134.6 |
| 2019 | #1,166 | 205 | 122.1 |
| 2020 | #1,383 | 158 | 97.7 |
| 2021 | #1,292 | 176 | 107.3 |
| 2022 | #1,409 | 162 | 98.8 |
| 2023 | #1,346 | 168 | 104.7 |
| 2024 | #1,311 | 175 | 108 |
| 2025 | #1,278 | 176 | 109.5 |
World rankings
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Selina on lists
Famous Selinas
- Selina Gasparin
Swiss Olympic biathlete
- Selina Mary Scott
English TV presenter
- Selina Cadell
English actress
- Selina Hastings
Countess of Huntingdon, Scottish religious leader
- Selina Dolaro
English stage actress
- Isobel Selina "Belle" Miller Kuhn
Canadian missionary to China
- Selina Chow (born Liang Shuk
yee), Hong Kong politician and broadcaster
- Selina Jen (born Jen Chia
Hsüan), Taiwanese singer of girl group S.H.E.
- Selina Majors aka Bambi
American pro wrestler
Selina in pop culture
- Selina Catherine Meyer
U.S. Vice President on TV's "Veep"
- Selina Kyle aka Catwoman
character in the Batman series
- Selina
character in "Love is Innocent" by Barbara Cartland
- Selina
character in "A Gamble with Hearts" by Barbara Cartland
- Selina Place
a local witch (a.k.a. the Morrigan or Shape,shifter) in Alan Garner's "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen"
- Selina Roberts
a character in 'Home and Away'.