Selah — #280 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Selah

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,747 babies named Selah between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selah currently holds the #280 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6,174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Selah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,682 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Selah in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selah 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 13,747 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.