Seleah — #14569 US girls' name
30 babies named Seleah in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Seleah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Seleah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seleah
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Seleah between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seleah currently holds the #14569 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seleah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Seleah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seleah 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 30 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.
Seleah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #14569 among girls.
30 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 7 births in a single year.
Seleah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 57% of Seleah's all-time total
Seleah decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Seleah's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.