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Selah Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Selah?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Selah, ranked the 440th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Selah has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #440 for the first time this year with 719 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Selah was less than 5, most recently in 1975.

Selah, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1979-1982, 1989-1995, and 1996-2012.

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

Selah's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Selah lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Selah?

Selah's popularity is at or near its highest point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Selah still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Selah (Girl)Selah (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 719 440 15 5,961
2017 693 455 10 8,011
2016 683 466 < 5 --
2015 687 464 7 10,419
2014 577 537 6 11,854
2013 550 539 < 5 --
2012 574 527 6 12,010
2011 505 577 11 7,413
2010 460 644 8 9,516
2009 419 695 7 10,774
2008 380 773 5 14,252
2007 344 833 < 5 --
2006 322 834 6 11,804
2005 262 944 5 13,024
2004 179 1,229 < 5 --
2003 179 1,198 10 7,149
2002 154 1,280 7 9,218
2001 124 1,513 < 5 --
2000 116 1,548 8 8,077
1999 100 1,665 7 8,557
1998 48 2,794 5 11,016
1997 33 3,530 < 5 --
1996 40 3,014 < 5 --
1995 40 2,967 < 5 --
1994 16 5,928 < 5 --
1993 24 4,357 < 5 --
1992 19 5,221 < 5 --
1991 16 5,890 < 5 --
1990 11 7,758 < 5 --
1989 8 9,479 < 5 --
1988 9 8,236 < 5 --
1987 16 5,029 < 5 --
1986 12 6,076 < 5 --
1985 8 8,150 < 5 --
1984 6 10,097 < 5 --
1983 7 8,778 < 5 --
1982 16 4,682 < 5 --
1981 10 6,706 < 5 --
1980 11 6,233 < 5 --
1979 9 7,179 < 5 --
1978 14 4,869 < 5 --
1977 8 7,415 < 5 --
1976 6 8,982 < 5 --
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1973 5 9,480 < 5 --
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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.