girls:
8.8k births since 1919
#1731 (70th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1991
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
8.8k births since 1919
#2877 (63rd percentile)
The name Selene is the #2,877 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,814 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 62.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,731 (69.7% percentile) for all time with 8,809 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1991.
Selene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Selene is available in 89 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (89 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Selene has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Selene reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 41.4% percentile (ranked #562) with 236 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 236 births per million (ranked 41.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Selene is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #577 (39.1% percentile) with 228 births per million.
For boys, Selene reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Selene".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Selene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.4% confident that Selene is pronounced as suh-LEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sih-LEEN, at 17.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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