Seldon
#4,843 most common boys' name of all time · #11,965 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2006
Rank among boys
#4,843
Rank overall
#11,965 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
988
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #1,107
Best rank
#811 1887
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Seldon first appears in 1882. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,704 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,391 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,448 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,957 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,152 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,842 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,478 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,182 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,801 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,001 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,297 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,399 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,900 |
| 1975 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,923 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,279 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,561 |
| 1972 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,782 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,456 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,733 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,579 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,980 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,651 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,886 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,932 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,701 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,329 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,608 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,266 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,549 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,220 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,311 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,544 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,270 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,814 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,147 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,140 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,380 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,901 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,427 |
| 1944 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,647 |
| 1943 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,499 |
| 1942 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,753 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,704 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,212 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,926 |
| 1937 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,115 |
| 1936 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,337 |
| 1935 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,955 |
| 1934 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,740 |
| 1933 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,789 |
| 1932 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,600 |
| 1931 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,613 |
| 1930 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,509 |
| 1929 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,868 |
| 1928 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,670 |
| 1927 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,276 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,631 |
| 1925 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,700 |
| 1924 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,256 |
| 1923 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,472 |
| 1922 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,515 |
| 1921 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,607 |
| 1920 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1919 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,003 |
| 1918 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,360 |
| 1917 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1916 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1915 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,808 |
| 1914 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,200 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,841 |
| 1912 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,114 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,453 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,259 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,532 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,285 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,413 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #915 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #941 |
| 1887 | — | 7 | 7 | #811 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,088 |