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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Selah has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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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 2000
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#676 · 1 in 4,905
- California#1,075 · 1 in 8,609
- New York#1,354 · 1 in 11,159
- Texas#1,928 · 1 in 19,148
Best ever in a state: #40 in Wyoming, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #676 | 6 | 1 in 4,905 |
| California | #1,075 | 26 | 1 in 8,609 |
| New York | #1,354 | 9 | 1 in 11,159 |
| Texas | #1,928 | 8 | 1 in 19,148 |
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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
- 63 spots since 2024 (#279 → #216)
- 209 spots since 2020 (#425 → #216)
- 245 spots since 2015 (#461 → #216)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 2005 (#1,229 → #940)
- Biggest drop: 11 spots in 2013 (#527 → #538)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2025 at #216 (1,416 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,135 girls born in 2025 were named Selah (0.09%)
- 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.
Selah in 2000
Top girls' names in 2000
Top boys' names in 2000
More about 2000
girls
1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 15,655 of them was named Selah, which outranked 91.3% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,533Rubi118
- #1,540Selene117
- #1,540Trista117
- #1,542Selah116
- #1,542Amaiya116
- #1,542Farrah116
- #1,542Francis116
- #1,551Alannah115
- #1,551Ananda115
- #1,551Madelin115
Tied with 8 names at #1,542; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 245,500 of them was named Selah, which outranked 38.8% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,839Zevin9
- #6,839Ziyon9
- #6,839Zoran9
- #7,416Selah8
- #7,416Abdelaziz8
- #7,416Abdinasir8
- #7,416Abelino8
- #8,209Aaran7
- #8,209Aasin7
- #8,209Abdirizak7
Tied with 792 names at #7,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.