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.

Selva

#31,304 most common girls' name of all time · #50,517 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1934–1949

Rank among girls
#31,304
Rank overall
#50,517 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
7 of 146
All-time
54
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #2,194
Best rank
#2,194 1937
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
1940

Selva first appears in 1934. 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
1949 6 — 6 #5,054
1940 6 — 6 #4,277
1939 6 — 6 #4,188
1938 10 — 10 #2,933
1937 15 — 15 #2,194
1936 6 — 6 #4,148
1934 5 — 5 #4,957