Name meaning & stats
Selena
Selena means “sky, heaven” (Ancient Greek origin). 58,451 US babies since 1940, peak 1995.
What it means
“sky, heaven”
Ancient GreekWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1995
58,451 US babies were named Selena between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Selena (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 59% of the family
- Selena 59%
- Selina 18%
- Celina 16%
- Celena 5%
- Selenia 1%
- Zelena <1%
- Zelina <1%
- Celenia <1%
- Seleena <1%
- Selyna <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1995)