Seldon
- Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 988since 1882
Seldon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Seldon has never cracked the top 700 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Seldon! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Seldon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Seldon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Seldon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1887 at #752 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,487
- Highest: 1 in 14,487 boys born in 1887 were named Seldon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 22.7% of all boys named Seldon (224) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #752 (1887) | #848 |
| 1890s | 14 | #852 (1897) | #857 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,334 |
| 1910s | 173 | #1,095 (1912) | #1,528 |
| 1920s | 224 | #1,267 (1927) | #1,647 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,496 (1930) | #1,826 |
| 1940s | 128 | #1,486 (1943) | #2,153 |
| 1950s | 89 | #2,177 (1958) | #2,873 |
| 1960s | 58 | #2,858 (1963) | #3,579 |
| 1970s | 51 | #2,902 (1975) | #4,507 |
| 1980s | 17 | #5,751 (1988) | #6,313 |
| 1990s | 26 | #8,110 (1997) | #8,675 |
| 2000s | 19 | #7,416 (2000) | #9,811 |
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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