Sela — #4121 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sela

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,299 babies named Sela between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sela currently holds the #4121 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 615 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sela in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,299 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.