Selma in New York
Babies in New York
4,726
since 1910
Rank in New York · 2025
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recorded as girls
Peak year in New York
1927
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in New York, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Selma in New York from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 1,828 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 2,072 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 1,863 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 1,876 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 1,650 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 10 | 1,336 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 1,719 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,214 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 8 | 1,600 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 2,158 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,210 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 1,753 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 1,960 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,342 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 1,491 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 1,337 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 1,170 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,528 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 16 | 909 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 13 | 1,058 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,636 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,662 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 16 | 857 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,004 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 1,559 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | 1,734 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 8 | 1,420 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 1,702 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 1,681 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 1,757 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 1,645 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | 1,552 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | 1,165 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 12 | 833 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 1,377 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | 1,339 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 7 | 1,096 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 7 | 1,098 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | 855 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 19 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 11 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 11 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 7 | 984 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 14 | 684 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 9 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 1,087 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 11 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | 779 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 14 | 609 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | 854 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 15 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 14 | 601 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 16 | 528 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 13 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 9 | 601 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 16 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 21 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 20 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 18 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 14 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 22 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 34 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 44 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 40 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 63 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 74 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 102 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 156 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 203 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 214 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 215 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 267 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 254 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 227 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 241 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 244 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 212 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 205 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 204 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 161 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 165 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 181 | 111 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 133 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 125 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 123 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 89 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 55 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 53 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 35 | 163 | <5 | — |