Selim
#4,747 most common boys' name of all time · #11,698 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among boys
#4,747
Rank overall
#11,698 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
1,023
Since 2016
622
Peak year
2017 #1,878
Best rank
#1,878 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 78/yr
Selim first appears in 1971. 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 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,626 |
| 2024 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,248 |
| 2023 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,496 |
| 2022 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,393 |
| 2021 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,426 |
| 2020 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,567 |
| 2019 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,992 |
| 2018 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,967 |
| 2017 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,878 |
| 2016 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 2015 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 2014 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,268 |
| 2013 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,539 |
| 2012 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,944 |
| 2011 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,919 |
| 2010 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,123 |
| 2009 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,895 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,578 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,389 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,209 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,016 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,669 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,910 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,705 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,134 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,722 |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,721 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,574 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,443 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,926 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,784 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,502 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,084 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,390 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,896 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,623 |