Selecia — girls' name
11 babies named Selecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
11 girls have been named Selecia since 1979, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2001.
- 11
- total births
- 1979–2001
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Selecia was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Selecia in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Selecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Selecia between 1979 and 2001, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Selecia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Selecia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Selecia 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 11 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.
Selecia at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Selecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
11 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 6 births in a single year.
Selecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Selecia's all-time total
Selecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Selecia's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1979–2001 (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.