Selah
Selah is ranked 280th among girls in 2024 (1,122 births). Its best rank was 280th, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #280up 21 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,1220.07% of girls
- Peak year
- 20241,122 births
- Best rank
- #280in 2024
- Since 1962
- 13,747people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,747 girls have been named Selah in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,122 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 45%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Selah was the 280th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Selah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aylenpeak 2024
- Elyanapeak 2024
- Kamiyahpeak 2020
- Yunapeak 2024
- Honestipeak 2023
- Sariyahpeak 2023
- Berkleypeak 2021
- Ezripeak 2022
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.