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.

Selwyn

#3,891 most common boys' name of all time · #9,481 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1904–2025

Rank among boys
#3,891
Rank overall
#9,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
1,418
Since 2016
34
Peak year
1961 #1,295
Best rank
#1,204 1904
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
192019401960198020002020

Selwyn first appears in 1904. 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
2025 — 6 6 #10,755
2024 — 9 9 #8,356
2018 — 8 8 #8,856
2017 — 5 5 #12,327
2016 — 6 6 #10,809
2015 — 8 8 #8,806
2014 — 5 5 #12,196
2013 — 10 10 #7,567
2012 — 6 6 #10,850
2011 — 6 6 #10,885
2010 — 7 7 #9,754
2009 — 8 8 #9,033
2008 — 8 8 #9,064
2007 — 10 10 #7,623
2005 — 6 6 #10,223
2004 — 7 7 #9,000
2003 — 9 9 #7,287
2002 — 5 5 #10,769
2001 — 5 5 #10,635
1999 — 6 6 #8,771
1998 — 16 16 #4,217
1997 — 13 13 #4,699
1996 — 11 11 #5,228
1995 — 12 12 #4,831
1994 — 9 9 #5,917
1993 — 10 10 #5,405
1992 — 26 26 #2,682
1991 — 13 13 #4,263
1990 — 14 14 #3,999
1989 — 18 18 #3,231
1988 — 16 16 #3,230
1987 — 9 9 #4,639
1986 — 15 15 #3,160
1985 — 10 10 #4,100
1984 — 14 14 #3,137
1983 — 8 8 #4,562
1982 — 12 12 #3,512
1981 — 13 13 #3,256
1980 — 10 10 #3,891
1979 — 8 8 #4,471
1978 — 6 6 #5,152
1977 — 12 12 #3,242
1976 — 11 11 #3,314
1975 — 10 10 #3,477
1974 — 13 13 #2,833
1973 — 13 13 #2,758
1972 — 16 16 #2,352
1971 — 16 16 #2,399
1970 — 24 24 #1,823
1969 — 20 20 #1,879
1968 — 19 19 #1,866
1967 — 16 16 #1,995
1966 — 22 22 #1,667
1965 — 29 29 #1,444
1964 — 25 25 #1,594
1963 — 29 29 #1,475
1962 — 37 37 #1,287
1961 5 38 43 #1,295
1960 — 23 23 #1,706
1959 — 30 30 #1,455
1958 — 18 18 #1,923
1957 — 15 15 #2,135
1956 — 10 10 #2,682
1955 — 14 14 #2,173
1954 — 12 12 #2,373
1953 — 11 11 #2,441
1952 — 6 6 #3,473
1951 — 16 16 #1,941
1950 — 9 9 #2,655
1949 — 12 12 #2,274
1948 — 13 13 #2,169
1947 — 5 5 #3,847
1946 — 8 8 #2,762
1945 — 6 6 #3,104
1944 — 8 8 #2,717
1942 — 7 7 #3,036
1941 — 12 12 #2,141
1939 — 5 5 #3,604
1938 — 7 7 #2,977
1937 — 7 7 #2,998
1936 — 12 12 #2,132
1935 — 9 9 #2,613
1934 — 16 16 #1,834
1933 — 8 8 #2,829
1932 — 20 20 #1,629
1931 — 28 28 #1,326
1930 — 22 22 #1,588
1929 — 24 24 #1,509
1928 — 32 32 #1,284
1927 — 24 24 #1,588
1926 — 20 20 #1,758
1925 — 21 21 #1,719
1924 5 21 26 #1,760
1923 — 14 14 #2,280
1922 — 22 22 #1,675
1921 — 6 6 #3,956
1920 — 11 11 #2,664
1919 — 11 11 #2,582
1918 — 20 20 #1,741
1917 — 15 15 #2,043
1916 — 10 10 #2,622
1915 — 13 13 #2,128
1914 — 5 5 #3,368
1913 — 5 5 #2,958
1912 — 6 6 #2,393
1904 — 6 6 #1,204