Selby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Selby

The Social Security Administration has registered 683 babies named Selby between 1909 and 2014, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Selby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Selby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 293 additional births since 1930.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selby performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Selby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Selby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selby 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 683 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.