Selwyn
Last seen for girls in 1961 at #6,567 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,408since 1904
Selwyn over time
Rank among boys' names. Selwyn has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,861 | 20 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,429 | 29 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,279 | 37 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | — | #1,692 | 23 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,480 | 24 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,710 | 20 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Selwyn! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Selwyn is popular in 1962
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#773 · 1 in 24,972
Best ever in a state: #328 in New York, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #773 | 7 | 1 in 24,972 |
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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.
See more about Selwyn
- 2,383 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #10,695)
- 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1904 at #1,064 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,354 boys born in 1904 were named Selwyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.3% of all boys named Selwyn (258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,064 |
| 1910s | 85 | #1,710 (1918) | #2,397 |
| 1920s | 195 | #1,272 (1928) | #1,978 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,302 (1931) | #2,281 |
| 1940s | 71 | #2,083 (1941) | #2,677 |
| 1950s | 141 | #1,439 (1959) | #2,276 |
| 1960s | 258 | #1,279 (1961) | #1,604 |
| 1970s | 129 | #1,794 (1970) | #3,136 |
| 1980s | 125 | #3,107 (1984) | #3,631 |
| 1990s | 130 | #2,670 (1992) | #4,965 |
| 2000s | 58 | #7,245 (2003) | #9,143 |
| 2010s | 61 | #7,537 (2013) | #10,163 |
| 2020s | 15 | #8,312 (2024) | #9,504 |
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.
Selwyn in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
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2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 55,913 of them was named Selwyn, which outranked 72.4% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,259Sid38
- #1,259Terance38
- #1,259Tito38
- #1,279Selwyn37
- #1,279Adolphus37
- #1,279Amado37
- #1,279Clemente37
- #1,295Abelardo36
- #1,295Chance36
- #1,295Daneil36
Tied with 15 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.