Girls' name · since 1988
Selam
Selam has 205 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Selam sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 205 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Selam recorded 205 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #19,578 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 205 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selam ranks #19,578 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 205 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,578 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 205
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Selam's 205 recorded births place it above 72.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Selam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Selam splits its recorded history at 2006: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Selam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Selam by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Selam's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Selam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Selam's decade-level peak was the 2000s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Selam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Selam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.