Selah
Rank in 2025
#216
recorded as girls
#6446
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,429
girls 1,416 · boys 13
Peak year
2025
1,416 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
15,394
since 1962
Born a Selah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Selah was most popular in 2025, when 1,416 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.88 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,416 babies were named Selah, ranking #216 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 71%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,416 | 216 | 13 | 6446 |
| 2024 | 1,134 | 279 | 21 | 4701 |
| 2023 | 1,027 | 301 | 12 | 6897 |
| 2022 | 885 | 357 | 8 | 8990 |
| 2021 | 828 | 376 | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | 722 | 425 | 13 | 6296 |
| 2019 | 701 | 443 | 8 | 8889 |
| 2018 | 732 | 432 | 15 | 5770 |
| 2017 | 695 | 455 | 10 | 7546 |
| 2016 | 688 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 690 | 461 | 7 | 9568 |
| 2014 | 577 | 539 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 552 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 575 | 527 | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | 506 | 575 | 11 | 7009 |
| 2010 | 460 | 642 | 8 | 8803 |
| 2009 | 419 | 694 | 7 | 9864 |
| 2008 | 380 | 772 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 344 | 833 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 324 | 832 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 263 | 940 | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | 179 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 179 | 1195 | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | 154 | 1275 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 124 | 1506 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 116 | 1542 | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | 100 | 1654 | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | 48 | 2756 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 33 | 3448 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 40 | 2966 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 40 | 2932 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 16 | 5713 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 24 | 4257 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 19 | 5051 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | 5659 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 11 | 7303 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 8 | 8761 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | 7691 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 16 | 4857 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 12 | 5757 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 8 | 7563 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | 9144 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 7 | 8047 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 17 | 4347 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 10 | 6323 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 11 | 5912 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 9 | 6696 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 14 | 4679 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 6892 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | 8156 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 6900 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years