Selene

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Selene is a female given name taken from Selene in Greek mythology. Selene was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia.

From Wikipedia

Selene first appears in the data in 1919 and has been recorded in 90 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 425 babies (rank #691 that year). In 2024 it was given to 424 girls (rank #675). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Selene

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Selene yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9,245
Total babies (all years)
90
Years in the data
425
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19195#5,453
19235#5,601
19266#4,767
19285#5,330
19297#3,995
19316#4,277
19326#4,347
19426#4,567
19436#4,615
19447#4,008
19459#3,351
194623#1,959
194714#2,875
19485#5,906
19499#3,845
195013#3,029
195110#3,678
195212#3,353
19538#4,532
195415#2,996
195510#4,005
195617#2,914
195716#3,014
195827#2,204
195933#1,979
196016#3,187
196129#2,238
196230#2,202
196340#1,862
196434#2,066
196541#1,795
196646#1,664
196728#2,311
196825#2,529
196970#1,382
197049#1,823
197146#1,899
197236#2,165
197345#1,878
197439#2,126
197543#2,047
197651#1,835
197764#1,655
197846#2,084
197954#1,945
198054#1,974
198137#2,555
198235#2,689
198343#2,265
198443#2,292
198540#2,471
198643#2,374
198750#2,189
198851#2,237
198985#1,638
1990166#1,070
1991150#1,171
1992193#991
1993215#900
1994185#1,010
1995196#966
1996118#1,406
1997115#1,447
1998132#1,337
1999138#1,313
2000117#1,540
2001111#1,647
2002131#1,466
2003108#1,753
2004186#1,208
2005168#1,316
2006264#987
2007225#1,144
2008202#1,249
2009197#1,253
2010179#1,315
2011170#1,359
2012240#1,052
2013215#1,130
2014194#1,251
2015214#1,180
2016203#1,216
2017292#918
2018327#832
2019313#858
2020337#805
2021396#724
2022425#691
2023401#708
2024424#675