Selah
- #216 for girls in 2025, 1,416 births
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to girls 98.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,416 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,187since 1962
Selah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Selah has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #216 | 1,416 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #279 | 1,134 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #301 | 1,027 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #357 | 885 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #376 | 828 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #425 | 722 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #443 | 701 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #432 | 732 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #455 | 695 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #462 | 688 | — | |
| 2015 | #461 | 690 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #539 | 577 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #538 | 552 | — | |
| 2012 | #527 | 575 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #575 | 506 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #642 | 460 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #694 | 419 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #772 | 380 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #833 | 344 | — | |
| 2006 | #832 | 324 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #940 | 263 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,229 | 179 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,195 | 179 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #1,275 | 154 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #1,506 | 124 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,542 | 116 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #1,654 | 100 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #2,756 | 48 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,932 | 40 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five girls were named Selah! It came in at #5,860, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Selah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Montana#91 · 1 in 283
- South Dakota#117 · 1 in 339
- District of Columbia#119 · 1 in 337
- Indiana#131 · 1 in 558
- Hawaii#136 · 1 in 358
Best ever in a state: #40 in Wyoming, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #91 | 10 | 1 in 283 |
| South Dakota | #117 | 9 | 1 in 339 |
| District of Columbia | #119 | 6 | 1 in 337 |
| Indiana | #131 | 50 | 1 in 558 |
| Hawaii | #136 | 6 | 1 in 358 |
| North Carolina | #154 | 65 | 1 in 715 |
| South Carolina | #156 | 30 | 1 in 610 |
| New Mexico | #159 | 9 | 1 in 519 |
| Idaho | #160 | 13 | 1 in 551 |
| Florida | #163 | 109 | 1 in 796 |
| Tennessee | #165 | 46 | 1 in 697 |
| Virginia | #169 | 48 | 1 in 703 |
| Arizona | #172 | 37 | 1 in 763 |
| Georgia | #181 | 57 | 1 in 793 |
| Nebraska | #182 | 12 | 1 in 591 |
| Colorado | #185 | 32 | 1 in 729 |
| Pennsylvania | #187 | 60 | 1 in 778 |
| Michigan | #193 | 46 | 1 in 777 |
| North Dakota | #195 | 5 | 1 in 540 |
| Ohio | #198 | 56 | 1 in 844 |
| Kentucky | #208 | 22 | 1 in 784 |
| California | #213 | 155 | 1 in 1,043 |
| Alabama | #221 | 21 | 1 in 872 |
| Oregon | #223 | 16 | 1 in 816 |
| Missouri | #228 | 27 | 1 in 900 |
| Texas | #228 | 152 | 1 in 1,056 |
| West Virginia | #230 | 7 | 1 in 725 |
| Kansas | #233 | 13 | 1 in 908 |
| Maryland | #234 | 22 | 1 in 908 |
| Wisconsin | #237 | 23 | 1 in 881 |
| Minnesota | #250 | 22 | 1 in 976 |
| Washington | #263 | 27 | 1 in 1,069 |
| Nevada | #264 | 10 | 1 in 920 |
| Connecticut | #268 | 12 | 1 in 959 |
| Mississippi | #270 | 10 | 1 in 890 |
| Oklahoma | #272 | 15 | 1 in 985 |
| Illinois | #276 | 38 | 1 in 1,167 |
| New Jersey | #323 | 25 | 1 in 1,420 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 9 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Iowa | #354 | 9 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Louisiana | #394 | 11 | 1 in 1,488 |
| Massachusetts | #444 | 12 | 1 in 2,003 |
| New York | #518 | 32 | 1 in 2,448 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Selah
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 209 spots since 2020 (#425 → #216)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 11 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · girls
63 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2025 at #216 (1,416 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,135
- Highest: 1 in 1,135 girls born in 2025 were named Selah (0.09%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 40.7% of all girls named Selah (6,176) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 | #5,860 (1962) | #6,332 |
| 1970s | 55 | #4,679 (1978) | #7,005 |
| 1980s | 104 | #4,347 (1982) | #6,840 |
| 1990s | 347 | #1,654 (1999) | #4,174 |
| 2000s | 2,482 | #694 (2009) | #1,082 |
| 2010s | 6,176 | #432 (2018) | #507 |
| 2020s | 6,012 | #216 (2025) | #326 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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