Salena
Salena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 799th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1995197 births
- Best rank
- #799in 1977
- Since 1889
- 5,154people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,154 girls have been named Salena in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 197 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 27%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Salena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 23 | |
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 62 | |
| 1920s | 49 | |
| 1930s | 22 | |
| 1940s | 41 | |
| 1950s | 123 | |
| 1960s | 343 | |
| 1970s | 930 | |
| 1980s | 943 | |
| 1990s | 1,413 | |
| 2000s | 746 | |
| 2010s | 349 | |
| 2020s | 83 |
In 1995, its biggest year
Salena was the 959th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1995 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1995.
Names that rose and fell with Salena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marisapeak 1995
- Sabrinapeak 1997
- Tesapeak 1992
- Andreanapeak 1990
- Rebeckapeak 1993
- Jacindapeak 1996
- Toriapeak 1976
- Suzannahpeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.