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Selah name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Selah ranks #216 in female records (1,416 reported) and #6,741 in male records (13 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#216 · 1,416 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 282 female records (1,134 to 1,416); rank moved from #279 to #216.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 588 female records (828 to 1,416); rank moved from #378 to #216.
2025 male rank and count
#6,741 · 13 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 8 male records (21 to 13); rank moved from #4,852 to #6,741.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 4 male records (9 to 13); rank moved from #8,721 to #6,741.
Peak year in available data
2025: 1,416 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Selah becoming more popular?

Selah's reported female count increased by 282 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #279 to #216. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Selah in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for SelahFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,4160201620252016: 688 female records2017: 695 female records2018: 732 female records2019: 701 female records2020: 722 female records2021: 828 female records2022: 885 female records2023: 1,027 female records2024: 1,134 female records2025: 1,416 female records2017: 10 male records2018: 15 male records2019: 8 male records2020: 13 male records2021: 9 male records2022: 8 male records2023: 12 male records2024: 21 male records2025: 13 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251,416216136,741
20241,134279214,852
20231,027301127,226
202288535889,690
202182837898,721
2020722425136,564
201970144589,603
2018732432155,997
2017695457108,041
2016688464——

Questions about Selah’s popularity

How common is Selah in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Selah ranks #216 in female records (1,416 reported) and #6,741 in male records (13 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Selah?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Selah only.

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