Given name

Selyna

Selyna is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Selyna isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Selyna through the years

Babies since 1880
138
0 boys · 138 girls
Most popular year
1995
21 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05101520002025Highest share 19950.0
Selyna in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1990–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 180 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

SelynaSelina

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Selyna, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Ceionna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ciarra

“a dark beauty”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Hebrew · Modern

Kerena

“horn of eye-paint”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sardinian · Modern

Deiana

“fairy”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Seairah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Treona

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tayshawna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Breeonna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Selyna’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Selyna

A sister for Selyna