Boys' name · since 2000
Selassie
96 babies named Selassie in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,787 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
96 babies have been named Selassie since 2000, making it today's #12787 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Selassie recorded 96 times among boys since 2000, holding rank #12787 nationally today, ahead of 8% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #17,720 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,787 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selassie ranks #17,720 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,787 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 96 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,787 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Selassie's 96 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Selassie compares
96 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Selassie's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Selassie | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Selassie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Selassie splits its recorded history at 2016: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Selassie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Selassie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (46 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Selassie's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Selassie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 46 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Selassie's data
- Selassie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (46 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Selassie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Selassie 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.