Selah
#1,238 most common girls' name of all time · #2,177 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1962–2025
Rank among girls
#1,238
Rank overall
#2,177 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
15,394
Since 2016
8,937
Peak year
2025 #216
Best rank
#216 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,429/yr
Selah first appears in 1962. 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 | 1,416 | 13 | 1,429 | #216 |
| 2024 | 1,134 | 21 | 1,155 | #279 |
| 2023 | 1,027 | 12 | 1,039 | #301 |
| 2022 | 885 | 8 | 893 | #358 |
| 2021 | 828 | 9 | 837 | #378 |
| 2020 | 722 | 13 | 735 | #425 |
| 2019 | 701 | 8 | 709 | #444 |
| 2018 | 732 | 15 | 747 | #432 |
| 2017 | 695 | 10 | 705 | #457 |
| 2016 | 688 | — | 688 | #464 |
| 2015 | 690 | 7 | 697 | #461 |
| 2014 | 577 | 6 | 583 | #540 |
| 2013 | 552 | — | 552 | #539 |
| 2012 | 575 | 6 | 581 | #527 |
| 2011 | 506 | 11 | 517 | #576 |
| 2010 | 460 | 8 | 468 | #643 |
| 2009 | 419 | 7 | 426 | #695 |
| 2008 | 380 | 5 | 385 | #773 |
| 2007 | 344 | — | 344 | #833 |
| 2006 | 324 | 6 | 330 | #832 |
| 2005 | 263 | 5 | 268 | #943 |
| 2004 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,230 |
| 2003 | 179 | 10 | 189 | #1,198 |
| 2002 | 154 | 7 | 161 | #1,277 |
| 2001 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,513 |
| 2000 | 116 | 8 | 124 | #1,546 |
| 1999 | 100 | 7 | 107 | #1,662 |
| 1998 | 48 | 5 | 53 | #2,776 |
| 1997 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,496 |
| 1996 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,991 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,823 |
| 1993 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,316 |
| 1992 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,151 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,784 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,523 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,076 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,971 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,976 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,930 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,865 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,595 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,430 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,443 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,546 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,132 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,991 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,831 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,224 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,678 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,310 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,063 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,838 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,521 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,557 |