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.

Selman

#17,187 most common boys' name of all time · #44,908 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2024

Rank among boys
#17,187
Rank overall
#44,908 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
76
Since 2016
30
Peak year
2017 #9,779
Best rank
#3,726 1914
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
192019401960198020002020

Selman first appears in 1914. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,491
2020 — 6 6 #10,732
2019 — 7 7 #9,851
2017 — 7 7 #9,779
2016 — 5 5 #12,331
2015 — 6 6 #10,764
2009 — 5 5 #12,650
2008 — 5 5 #12,714
2004 — 5 5 #11,505
1980 — 5 5 #6,448
1935 — 5 5 #3,905
1925 — 5 5 #4,502
1920 — 5 5 #4,584
1914 — 5 5 #3,726