Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Selita

#26,404 most common girls' name of all time · #42,725 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1958–1989

Rank among girls
#26,404
Rank overall
#42,725 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
87
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1988 #6,042
Best rank
#5,401 1958
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
19601980

Selita first appears in 1958. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1989 8 — 8 #9,043
1988 13 — 13 #6,042
1975 5 — 5 #9,619
1974 7 — 7 #7,254
1973 5 — 5 #8,999
1971 6 — 6 #7,853
1968 5 — 5 #7,694
1967 5 — 5 #7,424
1965 5 — 5 #7,196
1962 7 — 7 #5,773
1961 7 — 7 #5,771
1959 7 — 7 #5,530
1958 7 — 7 #5,401