Sela
#5,844 most common girls' name of all time · #9,876 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1950–2025
Rank among girls
#5,844
Rank overall
#9,876 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
1,328
Since 2016
275
Peak year
2000 #2,042
Best rank
#2,042 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 81/yr
Sela first appears in 1950. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,689 |
| 2024 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,132 |
| 2023 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,027 |
| 2022 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,347 |
| 2021 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,792 |
| 2020 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,132 |
| 2019 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,949 |
| 2018 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,460 |
| 2017 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,953 |
| 2016 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,840 |
| 2015 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,760 |
| 2014 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,301 |
| 2013 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,786 |
| 2012 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,059 |
| 2011 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,617 |
| 2010 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,633 |
| 2009 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,316 |
| 2008 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,285 |
| 2007 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,867 |
| 2006 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,647 |
| 2005 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,646 |
| 2004 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,237 |
| 2003 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,528 |
| 2002 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,564 |
| 2001 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,392 |
| 2000 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,042 |
| 1999 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,665 |
| 1998 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,192 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,871 |
| 1996 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,593 |
| 1995 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,708 |
| 1994 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,894 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,874 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,916 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,461 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,961 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,835 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,353 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,809 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,267 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,399 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,074 |