Selbert — boys' name
10 babies named Selbert in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 boys have been named Selbert since 1920, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1931.
- 10
- total births
- 1920–1931
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Selbert was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Selbert in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Selbert
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Selbert between 1920 and 1931, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Selbert currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Selbert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Selbert shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Selbert in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Selbert 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 10 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.
Selbert at a glance
Last recorded 1931Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Selbert popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1931.
10 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 5 births in a single year.
Selbert by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Selbert's all-time total
Selbert decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Selbert's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Selbert by state
Where Selbert concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 50.0% |
5 of 10 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 50.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 50.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1931 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.