Selma
Rank in 2025
#2778
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
61
girls 61
Peak year
1891
206 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
27,202
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Selma was most popular in 1891, when 206 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 61 babies were named Selma, ranking #2778 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 18%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 2778 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 61 | 2775 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 74 | 2415 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 63 | 2720 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 63 | 2715 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 83 | 2170 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 87 | 2140 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 79 | 2302 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 88 | 2160 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 95 | 2068 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 88 | 2152 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 109 | 1853 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 82 | 2259 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 72 | 2516 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 96 | 2026 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 86 | 2237 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 87 | 2244 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 90 | 2206 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 100 | 2034 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 103 | 1939 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 117 | 1690 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 118 | 1643 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 96 | 1896 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 74 | 2228 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 90 | 1922 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 81 | 2034 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 70 | 2153 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 64 | 2221 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 54 | 2423 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 42 | 2849 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 32 | 3422 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 22 | 4521 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | 5419 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 32 | 3419 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 30 | 3540 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 35 | 3156 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 24 | 4020 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | 3585 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | 4283 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 27 | 3277 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | 6031 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 19 | 3990 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | 3949 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 27 | 3172 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 28 | 3066 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 25 | 3318 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 19 | 3903 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 22 | 3388 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 26 | 3002 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 20 | 3407 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 21 | 3259 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | 3695 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 26 | 2689 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 23 | 2903 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 37 | 2175 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 40 | 2043 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 35 | 2134 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 34 | 2056 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 40 | 1848 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 54 | 1515 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 91 | 1097 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 63 | 1419 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 66 | 1361 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 89 | 1158 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 116 | 1005 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | 93 | 1126 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 91 | 1118 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 90 | 1112 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 105 | 1021 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 115 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 113 | 925 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 104 | 945 | 8 | 2942 |
| 1953 | 118 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 102 | 914 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 121 | 813 | 5 | 3714 |
| 1950 | 102 | 876 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 120 | 787 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 129 | 747 | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | 140 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 138 | 679 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 102 | 737 | 9 | 2393 |
| 1944 | 128 | 655 | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | 122 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 159 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 144 | 583 | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | 150 | 565 | 6 | 3130 |
| 1939 | 156 | 532 | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | 188 | 486 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | 225 | 436 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | 243 | 413 | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | 212 | 444 | 8 | 2719 |
| 1934 | 264 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 296 | 371 | 5 | 3642 |
| 1932 | 326 | 352 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 420 | 313 | 12 | 2207 |
| 1930 | 550 | 272 | 9 | 2781 |
| 1929 | 563 | 269 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1928 | 598 | 264 | 11 | 2522 |
| 1927 | 669 | 253 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 671 | 254 | 9 | 2904 |
| 1925 | 668 | 257 | 10 | 2755 |
| 1924 | 735 | 246 | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | 703 | 245 | 8 | 3175 |
| 1922 | 692 | 246 | 9 | 3014 |
| 1921 | 704 | 251 | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | 768 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 682 | 244 | 14 | 2152 |
| 1918 | 798 | 223 | 13 | 2260 |
| 1917 | 786 | 216 | 9 | 2732 |
| 1916 | 718 | 227 | 10 | 2543 |
| 1915 | 741 | 217 | 12 | 2184 |
| 1914 | 587 | 214 | 14 | 1687 |
| 1913 | 455 | 226 | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | 387 | 229 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 321 | 221 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 293 | 221 | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | 250 | 225 | 6 | 1277 |
| 1908 | 257 | 210 | 5 | 1373 |
| 1907 | 231 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 252 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 224 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 231 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 218 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 252 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 242 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 239 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 206 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 229 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 183 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 238 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 208 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 212 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 211 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 209 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 206 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 165 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 133 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 139 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 97 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 91 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 68 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 63 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 80 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 54 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 47 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 36 | 254 | <5 | — |
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Where Selma is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years