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Baby name
Selene
Girl
Origin of the name
Selene comes from the ancient Greek Selēnē, “moon,” the name of the goddess of the moon.
Rising name
9,713births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 621rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Selene are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Selene is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Selene is most common in California (2.8 times), Arizona (2.5) and Texas (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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