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Selena is a fairly popular baby name for girls. The name increased in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 1995, 0.199% of baby girls were named Selena. It ranked at #91 then. The baby name has since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, its usage was 0.049% and its ranking #320, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its group. In 2007, 4 times more girls were named Selena than the next ranked name, the English, German, and Russian Selina. Baby names that sound like Selena include the English Salina, the English, German, and Russian Selina, the German Celina, the English Salena, the English Sally Anne, the English and German Salome, the French Salomé, the English and Slavic Selima, the English Cecelyn, the English Ceilena, the Polish Salomea, the German Selene, the Turkish Selin, the German, English, Italian, and Scandinavian Selma, the English Shalene, the English Shealyn, the French Solène, the German and French Celine, the French Céline, and the Irish Aislin. KEY: Pronunciation for Selena: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" A famous person named Selena is Selena, Pop Musician, born Selena Quintanilla, 16 April 1971 - 31 March 1995, Lake Jackson, Texas.
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