Selda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Selda

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Selda between 1909 and 1938, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Selda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Selda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selda 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 86 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.