Selby
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 70.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 688since 1909
Selby over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,964 | 17 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,703 | 21 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,710 | 20 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,771 | 17 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1909
The first year at least five boys were named Selby! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Selby is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Selby in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Selby
Momentum · boys
Brand new
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1909 at #1,440 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,799
- Highest: 1 in 32,799 boys born in 1909 were named Selby (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 20.6% of all boys named Selby (142) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 82 | #1,710 (1918) | #2,153 |
| 1920s | 142 | #1,545 (1922) | #2,344 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,848 (1932) | #2,373 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,083 (1941) | #2,712 |
| 1950s | 78 | #2,316 (1954) | #3,060 |
| 1960s | 53 | #3,044 (1963) | #3,510 |
| 1970s | 40 | #3,836 (1977) | #4,285 |
| 1980s | 17 | #4,907 (1983) | #6,193 |
| 1990s | 54 | #3,819 (1993) | #6,992 |
| 2000s | 19 | #9,585 (2006) | #10,117 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,108 (2014) | #12,198 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,008 (2025) | #12,008 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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