Selenia vs Selvin

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Selenia Selvin

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 80 years in which either name was published, Selvin for 59 years and Selenia for 21 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.

• 1914–1960 Selvin ahead
• 1969–1988 Selenia ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1989–2025 Selvin ahead, apart from one short spell

8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Selenias alive today are over 30; half the Selvins are over 16. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Selenia California (5.9×), Texas (4.4×)
• Selvin California (4.1×), Texas (3.2×), Maryland (3.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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