Selmer
Last seen for girls in 1925 at #4,973 · Last seen for boys in 1950 at #3,681
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 759since 1887
Selmer over time
Rank among boys' names. Selmer has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,259 | 33 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,509 | 25 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,247 | 32 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,152 | 36 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | — | #972 | 43 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #907 | 36 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,049 | 23 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
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| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
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| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
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| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
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| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
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| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
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| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Selmer! It came in at #819, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Selmer is popular in 1887
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Selmer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1950
- Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #927)
- Biggest drop: 369 spots in 1894 (#705 → #1,074)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1899 at #661 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1890–1893
- Highest: 1 in 10,621 boys born in 1899 were named Selmer (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,052 boys born in 1950 (0.00%)
- 33.9% of all boys named Selmer (257) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #819 (1887) | #868 |
| 1890s | 63 | #661 (1899) | #805 |
| 1900s | 47 | #927 (1906) | #1,055 |
| 1910s | 257 | #907 (1914) | #1,145 |
| 1920s | 222 | #1,259 (1922) | #1,673 |
| 1930s | 90 | #1,860 (1934) | #2,697 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,563 (1943) | #2,965 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,681 (1950) | #3,681 |
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.
Selmer in 1887
Top boys' names in 1887
More about 1887
boys
101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 16,902 of them was named Selmer, which outranked 23.2% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 101 names at #819; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.