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Selby Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Selby?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

Uncommon, Selby would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1,582 in 1922 with 24 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Selby was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Sometimes the name Selby has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Selby's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Selby for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Selby?

Selby's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Selby is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Selby (Girl)Selby (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 9 11,219 < 5 --
2017 7 13,825 < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 9 11,672 < 5 --
2014 7 14,293 5 13,708
2013 9 11,804 < 5 --
2012 7 14,719 < 5 --
2011 5 19,072 5 13,983
2010 8 13,256 < 5 --
2009 13 9,297 < 5 --
2008 7 15,113 7 10,824
2007 9 12,483 < 5 --
2006 11 10,476 7 10,469
2005 < 5 -- < 5 --
2004 11 9,787 < 5 --
2003 9 11,168 5 12,444
2002 10 10,094 < 5 --
2001 < 5 -- < 5 --
2000 < 5 -- < 5 --
1999 5 16,429 < 5 --
1998 11 8,465 6 9,447
1997 15 6,432 < 5 --
1996 5 15,404 8 7,004
1995 11 7,974 7 7,660
1994 8 10,334 6 8,616
1993 10 8,570 16 3,983
1992 9 9,333 < 5 --
1991 5 14,925 6 8,074
1990 7 11,138 5 9,265
1989 < 5 -- < 5 --
1988 8 9,054 < 5 --
1987 12 6,246 5 7,940
1986 < 5 -- 5 7,631
1985 < 5 -- < 5 --
1984 < 5 -- < 5 --
1983 < 5 -- 7 5,381
1982 < 5 -- < 5 --
1981 < 5 -- < 5 --
1980 < 5 -- < 5 --
1979 < 5 -- < 5 --
1978 < 5 -- < 5 --
1977 < 5 -- 9 4,101
1976 5 10,539 < 5 --
1975 < 5 -- < 5 --
1974 < 5 -- 6 5,126
1973 < 5 -- 7 4,423
1972 < 5 -- 5 5,614
1971 < 5 -- 6 4,825
1970 < 5 -- 7 4,167
1969 < 5 -- 8 3,547
1968 < 5 -- 6 4,067
1967 < 5 -- 6 3,901
1966 < 5 -- < 5 --
1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- 5 4,519
1963 < 5 -- 8 3,278
1962 < 5 -- 7 3,582
1961 < 5 -- 5 4,570
1960 < 5 -- 8 3,299
1959 < 5 -- 6 3,930
1958 < 5 -- 6 3,867
1957 6 5,957 6 3,925
1956 < 5 -- 6 3,874
1955 6 5,722 7 3,458
1954 < 5 -- 12 2,422
1953 < 5 -- 9 2,876
1952 < 5 -- 9 2,845
1951 < 5 -- 8 3,037
1950 5 5,979 9 2,746
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- 7 3,277
1947 < 5 -- 10 2,651
1946 < 5 -- 7 3,130
1945 < 5 -- 5 3,712
1944 < 5 -- 10 2,452
1943 < 5 -- 10 2,536
1942 5 5,268 8 2,908
1941 < 5 -- 12 2,188
1940 < 5 -- 6 3,415
1939 5 4,854 12 2,146
1938 < 5 -- 7 3,128
1937 6 4,197 8 2,876
1936 < 5 -- 9 2,597
1935 < 5 -- 14 2,016
1934 < 5 -- 15 1,918
1933 < 5 -- 10 2,519
1932 < 5 -- 16 1,914
1931 < 5 -- 9 2,843
1930 5 5,154 8 3,253
1929 < 5 -- 14 2,183
1928 < 5 -- 12 2,507
1927 < 5 -- 6 4,141
1926 < 5 -- 9 3,104
1925 < 5 -- 13 2,415
1924 < 5 -- 17 2,035
1923 < 5 -- 11 2,752
1922 < 5 -- 24 1,582
1921 < 5 -- 21 1,757
1920 < 5 -- 15 2,208
1919 < 5 -- 13 2,371
1918 < 5 -- 20 1,759
1917 < 5 -- 16 1,975
1916 < 5 -- 17 1,836
1915 < 5 -- 9 2,795
1914 < 5 -- 7 2,867
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- 5 1,653
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.