Selvin
- #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,548since 1914
Selvin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Selvin has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,833 | 44 |
| 2024 | #2,444 | 56 |
| 2023 | #2,614 | 50 |
| 2022 | #2,563 | 53 |
| 2021 | #2,173 | 65 |
| 2020 | #2,886 | 41 |
| 2019 | #2,491 | 53 |
| 2018 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2013 | #3,661 | 28 |
| 2012 | #2,551 | 48 |
| 2011 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #3,128 | 36 |
| 2009 | #2,702 | 45 |
| 2008 | #3,057 | 38 |
| 2007 | #2,257 | 58 |
| 2006 | #2,375 | 52 |
| 2005 | #2,325 | 50 |
| 2004 | #2,283 | 50 |
| 2003 | #2,729 | 36 |
| 2002 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
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| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | — | |
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| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
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| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
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| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
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| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
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| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Selvin! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Selvin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
- Texas#1,760 · 1 in 19,450
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
Best ever in a state: #675 in Maryland, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 389 spots since 2024 (#2,444 → #2,833)
- 53 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #2,833)
- 67 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #2,833)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1960 at #2,121 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 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 26,915
- Highest: 1 in 26,915 boys born in 2021 were named Selvin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,121 in 1960, was only 1 in 142,155 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 27.6% of all boys named Selvin (428) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,608 |
| 1920s | 59 | #2,843 (1928) | #3,393 |
| 1930s | 27 | #2,293 (1930) | #3,311 |
| 1940s | 6 | #2,996 (1945) | #2,996 |
| 1950s | 33 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,392 |
| 1960s | 33 | #2,121 (1960) | #3,218 |
| 1970s | 22 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,987 |
| 1980s | 42 | #4,961 (1981) | #5,934 |
| 1990s | 187 | #2,679 (1996) | #3,689 |
| 2000s | 428 | #2,257 (2007) | #2,616 |
| 2010s | 386 | #2,491 (2019) | #3,059 |
| 2020s | 309 | #2,173 (2021) | #2,586 |
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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