Selby**
#4,859 most common boys' name of all time · #12,010 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1909–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,859
Rank overall
#12,010 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
981
Since 2016
34
Peak year
1993 #3,849
Best rank
#1,581 1922
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Selby first appears in 1909. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,213 |
| 2013 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2012 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,381 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2009 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #9,941 |
| 2007 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2006 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #9,651 |
| 2004 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 2003 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,003 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #8,552 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #6,551 |
| 1995 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #7,064 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #7,851 |
| 1993 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #3,849 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #7,371 |
| 1990 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #8,259 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #7,088 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,860 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,985 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,899 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,135 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,551 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,044 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,916 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,394 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,804 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,690 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,410 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,218 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,169 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,734 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,677 |
| 1957 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #3,703 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1955 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,299 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,761 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,930 |
| 1950 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,670 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,132 |
| 1947 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,580 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,485 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,479 |
| 1942 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #2,820 |
| 1941 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1939 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,118 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,994 |
| 1937 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #2,784 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,544 |
| 1935 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,990 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,907 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,463 |
| 1932 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1931 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,755 |
| 1930 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,127 |
| 1929 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1928 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,455 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,895 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,997 |
| 1925 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,006 |
| 1923 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,691 |
| 1922 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,581 |
| 1921 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,753 |
| 1920 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,192 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,328 |
| 1918 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,755 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,961 |
| 1916 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,834 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,720 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,756 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,675 |