Selina · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 145 recorded years as a table

Selina, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	110
1881	98
1883	125
1884	85
1885	83
1886	62
1887	103
1888	73
1889	101
1890	126
1891	102
1892	89
1893	56
1894	49
1895	111
1896	71
1897	94
1898	85
1899	56
1900	90
1901	71
1902	49
1903	76
1904	58
1905	65
1906	51
1907	60
1908	39
1909	40
1910	48
1911	45
1912	48
1913	32
1914	22
1915	27
1916	34
1917	30
1918	41
1919	33
1920	27
1921	18
1922	27
1923	31
1924	27
1925	23
1926	28
1927	17
1928	22
1929	17
1930	21
1931	11
1932	14
1933	18
1934	14
1935	17
1936	13
1937	13
1938	11
1939	17
1940	10
1941	11
1942	7
1943	16
1944	14
1945	21
1946	8
1947	12
1948	15
1949	16
1950	16
1951	30
1952	19
1953	19
1954	31
1955	27
1956	29
1957	33
1958	51
1959	73
1960	83
1961	102
1962	125
1963	128
1964	103
1965	138
1966	159
1967	141
1968	121
1969	87
1970	86
1971	133
1972	130
1973	151
1974	135
1975	106
1976	137
1977	260
1978	188
1979	151
1980	140
1981	176
1982	169
1983	153
1984	149
1985	153
1986	154
1987	143
1988	130
1989	180
1990	142
1991	166
1992	197
1993	274
1994	344
1995	400
1996	214
1997	205
1998	190
1999	196
2000	154
2001	146
2002	146
2003	130
2004	131
2005	160
2006	155
2007	151
2008	146
2009	138
2010	123
2011	127
2012	137
2013	121
2014	139
2015	124
2016	123
2017	124
2018	135
2019	122
2020	98
2021	107
2022	99
2023	105
2024	109
2025	110

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

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Washington 2.8×
California 1.9×
New York 1.5×
Florida 1.3×
Texas 0.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 176
Rank in 2025: #1,272
How rare: 1 in 9,132 girls
Since 1880: 19,225

Most popular in 1995, at 400 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 12% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Washington	2.8×	26
California	1.9×	101
New York	1.5×	39
Florida	1.3×	37
Texas	0.9×	48

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.