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.

Selmer

#5,614 most common boys' name of all time · #13,994 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1887–1950

Rank among boys
#5,614
Rank overall
#13,994 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
769
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #979
Best rank
#712 1899
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
190019201940

Selmer first appears in 1887. 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
1950 — 5 5 #3,756
1949 — 6 6 #3,366
1948 — 8 8 #2,831
1947 — 7 7 #3,144
1945 — 7 7 #2,800
1944 — 6 6 #3,178
1943 — 9 9 #2,614
1942 — 8 8 #2,769
1941 — 5 5 #3,583
1940 — 7 7 #2,923
1939 — 6 6 #3,179
1938 — 6 6 #3,244
1937 — 7 7 #2,971
1936 — 12 12 #2,108
1935 — 9 9 #2,584
1934 — 15 15 #1,893
1933 — 5 5 #3,710
1932 — 9 9 #2,689
1931 — 8 8 #2,921
1930 — 13 13 #2,218
1929 — 14 14 #2,137
1928 — 15 15 #2,090
1927 — 18 18 #1,901
1926 — 18 18 #1,872
1925 5 22 27 #1,652
1924 — 23 23 #1,654
1923 — 28 28 #1,402
1922 — 33 33 #1,273
1921 — 25 25 #1,527
1920 — 26 26 #1,483
1919 — 32 32 #1,258
1918 — 36 36 #1,161
1917 5 27 32 #1,343
1916 — 43 43 #979
1915 — 39 39 #1,027
1914 — 36 36 #921
1913 — 23 23 #1,065
1912 — 13 13 #1,385
1911 — 8 8 #1,338
1909 — 8 8 #1,130
1908 — 6 6 #1,309
1906 — 8 8 #990
1905 — 5 5 #1,342
1902 — 6 6 #1,111
1901 — 6 6 #1,035
1900 — 8 8 #1,033
1899 — 10 10 #712
1897 — 9 9 #783
1895 — 5 5 #1,204
1894 — 5 5 #1,198
1893 — 9 9 #764
1892 — 10 10 #746
1891 — 6 6 #947
1890 — 9 9 #738
1888 — 6 6 #1,010
1887 — 6 6 #920